Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 1767 of 2007)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 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(a) and now vested in them(b) 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(c) 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”. (a) 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). (b) 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)). (c) S.I. 2007/1315. Ben Bradshaw Minister of State 18th June 2007 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Cairns Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 20th June 2007 Scotland Office Nick Ainger Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 18th June 2007 Wales Office Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on Elizabeth Redmond A senior officer of the 18th June 2007 Department of Agriculture and Rural Development EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order applies Part 2 (artificial insemination of cows) of the Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1315) to Scotland. It removes the Scottish Ministers from the list of persons who may approve training courses in the artificial insemination of cows and makes one other minor amendment. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. £3.00 Crown copyright 2007 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. E0900 6/2007 170900T 19585