Background and Purpose
These Regulations correct errors identified by the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in its report on the Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (“the Original Regulations”). In particular, these Regulations:
· Revoke the Original Regulations, and
· Re-make the relevant operability amendments to the Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012 and the Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017.
These Regulations were laid for the purposes of sifting under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in accordance with Standing Order 27.9A.
Committee Recommendation as to Appropriate Procedure
We have considered the criteria set out in Standing Order 21.3C.
We recommend that the appropriate procedure for these Regulations is the negative resolution procedure.
Government response
No Welsh Government explanation is required in accordance with Standing Order 27.9B.
Legal Advisers
Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
9 December 2022