The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2012

Made: 13 March 2012

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 15 March 2012

Coming into force: 6 April 2012

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[^f00003] there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation and evaluation of these Regulations.

Title and commencement

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is the Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) (Revocation) (Wales) Regulations 2012.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2012.

Revocation

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The Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1987[^f00004] are revoked in relation to Wales.

Signed

Lesley Griffiths — Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers — 13 March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1 These Regulations revoke the Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/133) in relation to Wales.

2 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 benefits of complying with these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1990 c. 16.

[^f00002]: Functions of “the Ministers”, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as read with section 40(3) of the Food Standards Act 1999 and subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

[^f00003]: OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny: Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Four (OJ No. L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1987/133, amended by S.I. 1990/2486.