Explanatory note

This Order transfers from the Secretary of State for Wales to the National Assembly for Wales all the non-statutory functions with which the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce was charged in relation to Wales prior to the abolition of that Board. These are mainly functions in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Article 3 of the Order provides for the exclusion from transfer of certain property that would otherwise transfer to the National Assembly for Wales under section 23(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998.

The Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce (Abolition) Regulations 2001 provide for the Intervention Board to be abolished on the day after those Regulations are made.