Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee Draft Report
Title: The Eels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
Procedure: Negative
These Regulations amend regulations 6 and 7 of the Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (‘the principal Regulations’), which implement Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel.
The amendments correct defects in the principal Regulations identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments in its scrutiny of those Regulations. At that time, statutory instruments subject to a procedure at Westminster were not scrutinised by the corresponding National Assembly committee.
Technical Scrutiny
The following points are identified for reporting under Standing Order 21.2 in respect of this instrument.
(1) These Regulations are made in English only, being combined regulations for England and Wales that are subject to a negative procedure at Westminster.
[Standing Order 21.2(ix) – that the regulations are not made in both English and Welsh]
Merits Scrutiny
No points are identified for reporting under Standing Order 21.3 in respect of this instrument.
Legal Advisers
Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee
December 2011