The Plant Health (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2012

Made: 19 December 2012

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 20 December 2012

Coming into force: 11 January 2013

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Title, commencement and application

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Amendment of the Plant Health (Wales) Order 2006

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Signed

John Griffiths — Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, one of the Welsh Ministers — 19 December 2012

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1967 c. 8. Sections 2(1) and 3(1) were amended by the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Schedule 4, paragraph 8. The powers conferred by sections 2 and 3 are conferred on a “competent authority”. The competent authority which is defined in section 1(2) is as regards the protection of forest trees and timber from attack by pests the Forestry Commissioners and otherwise, for Wales, is now the Welsh Ministers.

[^f00002]: The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the Plant Health Act 1967 were, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, transferred to the Secretary of State by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No.1) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/272). Those functions were transferred from the Secretary of State to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2006/1643 (W.158), as amended by S.I.2007/2716 (W.229), S.I. 2007/3305 (W.292), S.I. 2008/2781 (W.248), S.I. 2008/2913 (W.257), S.I. 2009/1376 (W.137), S.I. 2010/1795 (W.171) and S.I. 2010/2976 (W.247).

Editorial notes