Item 6 is the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and, again, I call on the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to move the motion. Lesley Griffiths.

Motion NDM7199 Rebecca Evans

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales; in accordance with Standing Order 27.5:

1. Approves that the draft The Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 is made in accordance with the draft laid in the Table Office on 25 October 2019.

Motion moved.

Thank you. These amending regulations impact on two pieces of domestic legislation: the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014. Amendments were made in the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 that removed the need for the competent authority in Wales to recognise certificates of competence issued by the other EU member states as if they'd been issued in Wales. Certificates of competence are required in order to kill animals or carry out related operations in a slaughterhouse. These regulations make provisions supplementary to those made by regulation 5(2) of the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which amend regulation 3(1) of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014. This amendment will provide that evidence of training and examination that can be accepted by a competent authority in Wales when granting a certificate of competence will include approved training and examination undertaken in the Republic of Ireland. This amendment maintains Welsh Government commitments relating to the UK-Ireland common travel area, which provide for the right of Irish citizens to work in the UK and to have professional qualifications recognised. 

Thank you. I have no speakers for the debate, so the proposal is to agree the motion. Does any Member object? No. Therefore, the motion is agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Motion agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.