The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2021/384 (W122) |
| Year | 2021 |
2021 No. 384 (W. 122)
Exiting The European Union, Wales
Animals, Wales
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021
Made 22th March 2021
Laid before Senedd Cymru 24th March 2021
Coming into force 31th March 2021
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 20181.
The Welsh Ministers are of the opinion that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make these Regulations without a draft of the instrument being laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru2.
Title and commencement
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 March 2021.
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011
2.—(1) The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 20113are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 5—
(a)
(a) in paragraph 5(3), for “1 April 2021” substitute “31 July 2021”;
(b)
(b) in paragraph 6(1)(c), for “1 April 2021” substitute “31 July 2021”.
Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
22 March 2021
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16)to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular the deficiencies referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g) of section 8(2)) arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
These Regulations amend deficiencies in the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. 2011/2379) (W. 252)(“the 2011 Regulations”) as a consequence of EU Exit. Regulation 2 amends the 2011 Regulations to change the date from which transitional prior notification requirements for products of animal origin apply from 1 April 2021 to 31 July 2021.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and...
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