Introductory text

Agriculture, Wales

Food, Wales

Made 27 November 2019

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 28 November 2019

Coming into force 14 December 2019

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

The Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to—

(a)

measures in respect of food (including drink) including the primary production of food and measures relating to feed produced for or fed to food-producing animals^f2;

(b)

measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health^f3;

(c)

measures in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union^f4.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for—

(a)

any reference in the Food Hygiene (Wales) Regulations 2006^f5 to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to those Regulations, as those Regulations are amended by these Regulations, and

(b)

any reference in the Official Food and Feed Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009^f6 to an EU instrument defined in Schedule 1 to those Regulations, as those Regulations are amended by these Regulations,

to be construed as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time.

As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety^f7 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and was amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and S.I. 2007/1388.
f2: S.I. 2005/1971. The functions conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by this designation are transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
f3: S.I. 2008/1792.
f4: S.I. 2010/2690.
f5: S.I. 2006/31 (W. 5); relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/893 (W. 92), S.I. 2012/1765 (W. 225), S.I. 2013/479 (W. 55), S.I. 2013/3007 (W. 298), S.I. 2013/3049 (W. 308), S.I. 2014/1858 (W. 192), S.I. 2016/845 (W. 214) and S.I. 2018/806 (W. 162). It is prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/1046 (W. 185).
f6: S.I. 2009/3376 (W. 298), amended by S.I. 2010/2652 (W. 220), S.I. 2011/626 (W. 90), S.I. 2011/1043, S.I. 2013/479 (W. 55), S.I. 2013/3007 (W. 298), S.I. 2013/3049 (W. 308), S.I. 2014/2714 (W. 271), S.I. 2016/386 (W. 120), S.I. 2016/387 (W. 121), S.I. 2018/40 (W. 12), S.I. 2018/806 (W. 162), S.I. 2018/968 (W. 195) and S.I. 2019/463 (W. 111). It is prospectively amended by S.I. 2019/434 (W. 102) and S.I. 2019/1046 (W. 185).
f7: OJ No. L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 241).