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The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

W.S.I. 2010/1360 · Made 24 April 2010

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FOOD, WALES

Made 24 April 2010

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 27 April 2010

Coming into force 25 May 2010

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972f1.

The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of that section in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of foodf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 68. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (2006 c. 51).

f2

S.I. 2005/1971. By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006, functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by this designation are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.

Contents

  1. 1Title, application and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendment of the Principal Regulations
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Title, application and commencement

(1)

The title of these Regulations is The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

(2)

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3)

These Regulations come into force on 25 May 2010.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Principal Regulations” (“y Prif Reoliadau”) means The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2009f1.

3Amendment of the Principal Regulations

(1)

The Principal Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2)

In the third paragraph of the preamble—

(a)

in the English text for “to the Secretary of State” substitute “to the Welsh Ministers”;

and

(b)

in the Welsh text for “i'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol” substitute “i Weinidogion Cymru”.

(3)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the Welsh text, for the definition which begins “mae i “Cyfarwyddeb 2004/41”” and ends with “yn ôl eu trefn yn Atodlen 1;” substitute

  • “mae i “Cyfarwyddeb 2004/41” (“Directive 2004/41”), “Rheoliad 178/2002” (“Regulation 178/2002”), “Rheoliad 852/2004” (“Regulation 852/2004”), “Rheoliad 853/2004” (“Regulation853/2004”), “Rheoliad 854/2004” (“Regulation854/2004”), “Rheoliad 882/2004” (“Regulation882/2004”), “Rheoliad 1688/2005” (“Regulation1688/2005”), “Rheoliad 2073/2005” (“Regulation2073/2005”), “Rheoliad 2074/2005” (“Regulation2074/2005”), “Rheoliad 2075/2005” (“Regulation2075/2005”) a “Rheoliad 2076/2005” (“Regulation2076/2005”) yr ystyron a roddir iddynt yn eu trefn yn Atodlen 1;”.

(4)

In regulation 5(2)(b) (information)—

(a)

in the English text in both places where the word “secretary” occurs substitute “Secretary”; and

(b)

in the Welsh text in both places where they occur for the words “ysgrifennydd neu ysgrifenyddes” substitute “Ysgrifennydd”.

Signature

Gwenda Thomas

Deputy Minister for Social Services under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

24 April 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1557 (W.152)) (“the Principal Regulations”) revoke and replace the Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/601 (W.63)).

The Principal Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement in relation to Wales of Articles 26 and 27 of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 concerned with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare, in so far as the provisions require or permit fees to be collected to cover the costs occasioned by official controls in relation to certain types of poultry; animal welfare in slaughterhouses; slaughter of animals outside slaughterhouses and the slaughter of poultry and various other farmed animals on farms. The Principal Regulations make further provision in relation to notification to operators of any requirement to pay fees or supply information, and in relation to calculation of the official controls charge.

These Regulations make minor amendments to the preamble, and regulations 2(1) and 5(2)(b), of the Principal Regulations.