UK MINISTERS ACTING IN DEVOLVED AREAS
The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 Laid in the UK Parliament: 20 November 2018
Sifting
Subject to sifting in UK Parliament?	Yes
Procedure:	Proposed negative
Date of consideration by the House of Commons European Statutory Instruments Committee	Not known
Date of consideration by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee	w/c 3 December 2018
Date sifting period ends in UK Parliament	5 December 2018
Written statement under SO 30C:	Paper 17
SICM under SO 30A (because amends primary legislation)	Not required
Scrutiny procedure
Outcome of sifting	Not known
Procedure	Negative or Affirmative
Date of consideration by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments	Not known
Date of consideration by the House of Commons Statutory Instruments Committee	Not known
Date of consideration by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee	Not known
Commentary These Regulations are proposed to be made by the UK Government pursuant to section 8 of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the Withdrawal Act). These Regulations are made in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. These Regulations make amendments to the EU legislation in the field of equine identification, which, prior to withdrawal from the United Kingdom, had direct effect in the United Kingdom and is retained by virtue of the Withdrawal Act. These Regulations will ensure that equines continue to be identified by way of a single lifetime document, maintaining high standards of biosecurity, equine movements, food safety and welfare. The Regulations will help ensure that UK equines continue to be able to travel to and from the EU with the minimum of disruption. Legal Advisers agree with the statement laid by the Welsh Government dated 22 November 2018 regarding the effect of these Regulations. The above summary and the content of the Explanatory Memorandum to these Regulations confirm their effect and the extent to which these Regulations would enact new policy in devolved areas. Legal Advisers do not consider that any significant issues arise under paragraph 8 of the Memorandum on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and the Establishment of Common Frameworks in relation to these Regulations.