Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1767
veterinary surgeons
The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) (Amendment) Order 2007
Made
20th June 2007
Laid before Parliament
22nd June 2007
Coming into force
13th July 2007
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(4)(e) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966( 1 ) and now vested in them( 2 ) and after consultation with the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, make the following Order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) (Amendment) Order 2007; and
(b) comes into force on 13th July 2007.
Amendments to the Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) Order 2007
2. —(1)The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) Order 2007( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) For article 1(1)(b) substitute—
“ (b) applies in the United Kingdom save for Part 2 which applies in England and Scotland only; and ” .
(3) In article 3(2)(b) omit “, the Scottish Ministers”.
(4) In article 8(1)(a)(i) for “and” substitute “or”.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
18th June 2007
David Cairns
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Scotland Office
20th June 2007
Nick Ainger
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Wales Office
18th June 2007
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on
Elizabeth Redmond
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
18th June 2007
1966 c. 36 . “The Ministers” referred to in section 19(4)(e) are defined in section 27(1) of the Act. The definition of “the Ministers” was amended to “the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland acting jointly” by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No 1) Order 1978 ( S.I. 1978/272 ).
The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in section 19 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 were transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by article 3(1) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 ( S.I. 2002/794 ). By virtue of section 95(5) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 12 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47) , the reference in the 1966 Act to the Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland is to be construed as a reference to the Northern Ireland department which exercises that function or to the Northern Ireland Minister in charge of that department. The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) ).