The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Agriculture and Rural Development) Order 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/1758
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Agriculture and Rural Development) Order 2009 and it shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Amendments to Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006

(1) Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended in accordance with this article.

(2) In field 1 (agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural development), insert–

Matter 1.1

The red meat industry, in relation to–

(a) increasing efficiency or productivity in the industry;

(b) improving marketing in the industry;

(c) improving or developing services that the industry provides or could provide to the community;

(d) improving the ways in which the industry contributes to sustainable development.

Interpretation of this field

In this field “the red meat industry” means all of the activities comprised in–

(a) breeding, keeping, processing, marketing and distributing cattle, sheep and pigs (alive or dead), and

(b) producing, processing, marketing, manufacturing and distributing products derived to any substantial extent from those animals (apart from milk and milk products, fleece wool and hides).

For the purposes of this definition–

“cattle” means bovine animals, including bison and buffalo;

“pigs” means porcine animals, including wild boar and other feral pigs.