12. The Plant Health (Amendment etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:46 pm on 15 December 2020.

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Photo of Lesley Griffiths Lesley Griffiths Labour 4:46, 15 December 2020

Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and I move the motion. These amending regulations impact on three pieces of Welsh legislation: the Plant Health etc. (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2018, the Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (Wales) Regulations 2020, and the Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

Part 2 rectifies deficiencies in retained EU law that would prevent the Welsh Ministers from being able to deliver workable legislation on plant health. If approved, the regulations will be made in exercise of powers under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to correct these deficiencies. The operability amendments contained in these regulations contribute to the creation of a single market, covering GB and the Crown dependencies. The EU will become a third country and, as a result, be subject to third country import controls. The current policy of risk-based plant health controls applied under EU legislation will continue. However, the regime will now focus on risks to GB rather than risks to the EU. Plant health controls on material imported from other third countries will continue to be applied. Internal controls will also continue to apply to movement of goods within the GB internal market. 

Part 3 revokes the Plant Health (Amendment) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, elements of which correct legislation that has since been revoked. Diolch.