Introductory text
England, Wales and Scotland
agriculture, england
livestock industries
Made 17th April 2007
Laid before Parliament 27th April 2007
Coming into force 22nd May 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 M1 and now vested in him M2, and with the approval of the Treasury; and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972 M3, makes the following Regulations.
These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Secretary of State that it is expedient for references to EC instruments referred to in regulation 2(1) to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
1984 c. 40; section 10 was amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (c.50) and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44).
- M2
Functions conferred under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 on “the Minister” and “the Ministers” are exercisable by the Secretary of State. They were transferred to him by section 2(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/794.
- M3
1972 c.68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).