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AGRICULTURE

Made 22nd June 2000

Whereas the British Wool Marketing Board duly submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Ministers certain amendments to the British Wool Marketing Scheme, 1950^f1, as amended^f2;

And whereas, as required by section 2 of, and the First Schedule to, the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958^f3, notice was duly published of the submission of the said amendments and of the time within which objections and representations with respect thereto might be made; and whereas no such objections were made to the said amendments which are set forth in the Schedule hereto;

Now therefore the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the National Assembly for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of, and the First Schedule to, the said Act, and now vested in them ^f4, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers^f5, hereby make the following Order—

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f1: The British Wool Marketing Scheme, 1950 is set out in the Schedule to S.I. 1950/1326.
f2: S.I. 1958/2125, 1962/622, 1966/828, 1977/1695, 1980/1238.
f3: 1958 c. 47.
f4: In respect of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272, 1999/672, 3141; in respect of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by virtue of S.I. 1978/272, 1999/672; in respect of the National Assembly for Wales, by virtue of S.I. 1999/672, as read with S.I. 1978/272, in so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales.
f5: By the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Specification) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1319), made under s. 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), the British Wool Marketing Board was specified as a cross-border public authority for the purposes of that Act. By article 3 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Adaptation of Functions etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1747, amended by S.I. 2000/1113) it was provided, in respect of any function exercisable by a Minister of the Crown under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 to make an Order approving an amendment (inter alia) of the Scheme approved by the British Wool Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order, 1950, that the Secretary of State for Scotland should cease to be a Minister of the Crown by whom any such function is exercisable, and that any such function should now be exercisable only with the consent of the Scottish Ministers.