Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 2769
Veterinary Surgeons
The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) (Amendment) Order 2009
Made
8th October 2009
Laid before Parliament
20th October 2009
Coming into force
9th November 2009
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 for Agriculture and Rural Development, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(4)(e) and (6) 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 2009; and
(b) comes into force on the 9th November 2009.
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, Scotland and Wales only; and ” .
(3) In article 3(2)(b)—
(a) replace the comma immediately after “Secretary of State” with “or”; and
(b) omit “or the National Assembly for Wales”.
Dan Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6th September 2009
Ann McKechin
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Scotland Office
7th September 2009
Wayne David
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Wales Office
25th September 2009
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on
Colette McMaster
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
8th October 2009
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) ).
S.I. 2007/1315 as amended by S.I. 2007/1767