uksi/2018/908 — The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018

2018 No. 908 Agriculture, England And Wales Food, England And Wales The Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018 Made 23rd July 2018 Laid before Parliament 27th July 2018 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 27th July 2018 Coming into force regulation 1 and 2 1st October 2018 remainder 31st March 2019 The Secretary of State in relation to England, and the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales, make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 . The Secretary of State in relation to England, with the consent of the Treasury, also makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973 . The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers have been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union. Citation, commencement and extent 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Regulations 2018. 2 These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2018, except for regulation 3 which comes into force on 31st March 2019. 3 These Regulations extend to England and Wales. Revocation of regulations relating to countryside access 2 The following are revoked— a the Countryside Access Regulations 1994 ; b the Countryside Access (Amendment) Regulations 1996 ; c the Countryside Access (Amendment) Regulations 1999 . Revocation of regulations relating to dairy produce quotas 3 The following are revoked— a the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 2002 ; b the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 ; c the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 2005 ; d the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) Regulations 2005 ; e the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ; f the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 ; g the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ; h the Dairy Produce (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2007 ; i the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ; j the Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ; k the Dairy Produce Quotas (Amendment) Regulations 2008 ; l the Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 . George Eustice Minister of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 23rd July 2018 Lesley Griffiths Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers 22nd July 2018 We consent Andrew Stephenson Rebecca Harris Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 19th July 2018 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations revoke a number of instruments relating to countryside access and dairy produce quotas. Regulation 2 revokes three instruments relating to countryside access, which are spent or otherwise superseded. Two of those instruments are revoked only in relation to Wales, having previously been revoked in relation to England. Regulation 3 revokes eleven instruments relating to dairy produce quotas on 31st March 2019. The Dairy Produce Quotas (General Provisions) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. 2002/458 ) contain general provisions concerning dairy produce quotas in the United Kingdom and are revoked in relation to England and Wales. The other instruments contain provision relating to dairy produce quotas on English or Welsh holdings and are capable of having cross border effect as the holdings of producers in England and Wales may comprise land in other parts of the United Kingdom. The instruments are revoked in relation to England or Wales, respectively. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available, in relation to England, alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk , and in relation to Wales, from the Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Department of the Welsh Government.