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2002 No. 794
MINISTERS OF THE CROWN
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002

	Made	26th March 2002
	Coming into force	27th March 2002

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of March 2002
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas copies of the draft of this Order have been laid before Parliament in pursuance of section 5(1) of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975[1], and each House has presented an Address to Her Majesty praying that the Order be made:

     Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002.

    (2) This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

    (3) Any provision of this Order for the transfer of functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting alone to the Secretary of State or a named Secretary of State (however described) shall be construed, in relation to any of those functions so far as they are already exercisable concurrently with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Secretary of State acting alone or (as the case may be) the named Secretary of State acting alone, as providing that the functions shall cease to be exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and references in this Order to functions transferred or to a transfer by the Order shall be construed accordingly.

    (4) In determining for the purposes of this Order whether a share of a joint function is held by the Secretary of State or a named Secretary of State (however described), any transfer under the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969[2] or the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978[3] which was expressed to be a transfer to the Secretary of State, or to the Secretary of State and another person jointly, shall, irrespective of any supplementary provision in the Order, be treated as a transfer to, or (as the case may be) including a transfer to, the Secretary of State (and not a named Secretary of State).

    (5) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a function of, or exercisable by, a Minister or Ministers shall, in the case of a function which is exercisable by the Minister or Ministers jointly with another person or is otherwise shared by the Minister or Ministers with another person, be construed as a reference to the share of the Minister or Ministers in that function.

    (6) In this Order any description in article 2(3) or (4)(c) or article 3(4), (6), (9)(c) or (10)(c) of a function to be transferred does not, so far as it refers to a function of, or exercisable by, the Secretary of State, include a reference to a function of, or exercisable by, a named Secretary of State (however described); and article 6(6), (7) and (8) do not apply in relation to a transfer to a named Secretary of State and the other references in article 6(7) and (8) to the Secretary of State also do not include references to a named Secretary of State.

    (7) In this Order "instrument", without prejudice to the generality of that expression, includes in particular Royal Charters, Orders in Council, Letters Patent, judgments, decrees, orders, rules, regulations, schemes, bye-laws, awards, contracts and other agreements, memoranda and articles of association, warrants, certificates and other documents.

    (8) In this Order -

"the transferor" means -

"the transferee" means -

Dissolution of Ministry and general transfer of functions
     2. - (1) The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereby dissolved.

    (2) Subject as follows, the functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

    (3) Any function which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

    (4) Any function of -

(a) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

(b) a named Secretary of State (however described);

(c) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly; or

(d) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and one or more named Secretaries of State (however described) acting jointly;

under any scheme, regulations, Order in Council, order, bye-laws or similar instrument made (or having effect as if made) in the exercise of, or in relation to, any function which is transferred (whether wholly or partly) by paragraph (3) is, so far as is consistent with the transfer effected by that paragraph, hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

    (5) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), any function which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and one or more named Secretaries of State (however described) acting jointly is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the one or more named Secretaries of State acting jointly.

    (6) Any function of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under any scheme, regulations, Order in Council, order, bye-laws or similar instrument made (or having effect as if made) in the exercise of, or in relation to, any function which is transferred (whether wholly or partly) by paragraph (5) is, so far as is consistent with the transfer effected by that paragraph, hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    (7) Paragraphs (2) to (6) do not apply so far as article 3 does apply.

Specific transfers of functions
     3. - (1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (7), any function of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food -

(a) under the New Forest Act 1949[

is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    (2) Any function of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under any scheme, regulations, Order in Council, order, bye-laws or similar instrument made (or having effect as if made) in the exercise of, or in relation to, any function which is transferred (whether wholly or partly) by paragraph (1) is, so far as is consistent with the transfer effected by that paragraph, hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    (3) Any function of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under section 29 of the Food Standards Act 1999[14] is hereby transferred to each Secretary of State having responsibility for any matters connected with the regulation of veterinary products.

    (4) Any function under the New Forest Act 1949, the New Forest Act 1964 or the New Forest Act 1970[15] which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions acting jointly.

    (5) Any function under Schedule 1 to the Forestry Act 1967[16] which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

    (6) Any function under section 2, 3 or 5 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968[17] which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

    (7) Any function under the Medicines Act 1968 or the Medicines Act 1971 which is exercisable, by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State concerned with health in England acting jointly, by virtue of the definition of "the Ministers" in section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 (including any function so exercisable by virtue of the definition of "the appropriate Ministers" in section 1(2) of that Act) is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

    (8) Any function under the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1997[18] which is exercisable by -

is hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

(9) Any function of -

under any scheme, regulations, Order in Council, order, bye-laws or similar instrument made (or having effect as if made) in the exercise of, or in relation to, any function which is transferred (whether wholly or partly) by paragraph (5), (6) or (8) is, so far as is consistent with the transfer effected by that paragraph, hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

(10) Any function of -

under any scheme, regulations, Order in Council, order, bye-laws or similar instrument made (or having effect as if made) in the exercise of, or in relation to, any function which is transferred (whether wholly or partly) by paragraph (7) is, so far as is consistent with the transfer effected by that paragraph, hereby transferred to the Secretary of State.

(11) Any function of making regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[19] which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and one or more Secretaries of State acting jointly is hereby transferred -

Transfer of property, rights and liabilities
     4. - (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), all property, rights and liabilities to which the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is entitled or subject immediately before the coming into force of this Order are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    (2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), all property, rights and liabilities to which the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or a Secretary of State is entitled or subject immediately before the coming into force of this Order in connection with any functions transferred by article 2(3) or (4) or article 3(5), (6), (7), (8), (9) or (10) of this Order are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State to whom the transferred function is entrusted on the coming into force of this Order.

    (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to -

(a) any property outside the United Kingdom which is not capable of transfer by this Order; and

(b) rights and liabilities of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or a Secretary of State in relation to any such property.

    (4) The person from time to time holding office as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs shall by virtue of that office be Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food so long as any property, rights or liabilities of the kind mentioned in paragraph (3) remain vested in that Minister.

    (5) Paragraph (2) does not operate so as to transfer property, rights or liabilities to which a Secretary of State is entitled or subject immediately before the coming into force of this Order in connection with a function if that Secretary of State is the Secretary of State to whom the function is entrusted on the coming into force of this Order.

Specific modifications of enactments and instruments
     5. - (1) The amendments specified in Schedule 1 (consequential amendments) shall have effect.

    (2) The repeals and revocations specified in Schedule 2 shall have effect.

    (3) Any amendment made by virtue of paragraph (1) to a reference to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or his department which has effect as a reference to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or his department by virtue of article 3(3) of the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Food) Order 1955[20] shall not apply to the reference to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or his department so far as it continues to have effect in relation to matters past at the coming into force of the Order of 1955.

    (4) Sections 6(2) and 7 of the Board of Agriculture Act 1889[21] and section 1(2) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919[22] shall continue to apply on and after the coming into force of this Order in relation to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in his capacity as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

    (5) In their continued application by virtue of paragraph (4), sections 6(2) and 7 of the Act of 1889 and section 1(2) of the Act of 1919 shall have effect as they had effect immediately before the coming into force of this Order except that -

    (6) The repeal of section 7 of the Act of 1889 (and of any enactments amending that section) shall not apply in relation to documents sealed or signed, or (as the case may be) certificates signed, before the coming into force of this Order.

Other supplementary provisions
     6. - (1) This Order shall not affect the validity of anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the transferor before the coming into force of this Order.

    (2) Anything (including any legal proceedings) which, at the coming into force of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the transferor may, so far as it relates to anything transferred by this Order, be continued by or in relation to the transferee.

    (3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the transferor for the purposes of or in connection with anything transferred by this Order shall, if in force at the coming into force of this Order, have effect as if done by or in relation to the transferee in so far as that is required for continuing its effect after the coming into force of this Order.

    (4) Subject to paragraphs (5) to (13), any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of any transfer effected by this Order or the dissolution of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as if any references (including references which are to be construed as such references) to the transferor or his department or officers were references to the transferee or his department or officers, as the context may require.

    (5) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of a function ceasing to be exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by virtue of article 2 or 3 as read with article 1(3), as if any references (including references which are to be construed as such references) to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or his department or officers were omitted.

    (6) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of any transfer effected by this Order from the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Secretary of State of a share of a function which is exercisable by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting alone concurrently with (whether with or without others) a named Secretary of State (however described) acting alone, as if any references (including references which are to be construed as such references) to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the named Secretary of State, or either of them, or their departments or officers were references to the Secretary of State or his department or officers, as the context may require.

    (7) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of any transfer effected by this Order from the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Secretary of State of, or in connection with, any function or share of a function which is exercisable only with the agreement of, or after consulting with, the Secretary of State acting alone as if any requirement for the agreement of, or (as the case may be) for consultation with, the Secretary of State in connection with the exercise of the function were omitted.

    (8) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before the coming into force of this Order shall have effect, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of or in consequence of any transfer effected by this Order from the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting alone to the Secretary of State of, or in connection with, any function of deciding whether to agree with, or of being consulted by, the Secretary of State (whether acting alone or jointly) as if any such function were omitted.

    (9) Documents or forms printed or duplicated for use in connection with any function of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may, subject to paragraph (10), be used in connection with that function on and after the coming into force of this Order notwithstanding that they contain, or are to be construed as containing, references to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or any officer of either of them.

    (10) For the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms on or after the coming into force of this Order, those references shall be construed in accordance with paragraphs (4) to (8).

    (11) Paragraphs (4) to (8) are subject to any specific amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Order but any such amendment, repeal or revocation is without prejudice to the operation of those paragraphs in relation to anything not specifically dealt with by that amendment, repeal or revocation.

    (12) Section 5(1) of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000[23] shall apply, in relation to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and resource accounts in its name, as if the resources acquired, held, disposed of or used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during the relevant financial year and before its dissolution had been acquired, held, disposed of or (as the case may be) used by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

    (13) In paragraph (12) "relevant financial year" means the year ending with 31st March 2002.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1Article 5(1)

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Law of Property Act 1922 (c.16)
1. In the following provisions of Schedule 15 to the Law of Property Act 1922[24] for the word "Minister", in each place where it appears, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State" -

Settled Land Act 1925 (c.18)

     2. In section 84(3) of the Settled Land Act 1925 for the word "Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     3. - (1) Section 88 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (1) for the word "Minister", in both places where it appears, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In subsection (3) for the word "Minister", in both places where it appears, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (4) In subsection (4) for the word "Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     4. - (1) Section 115 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (1) for the word "Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In subsection (2) for the word "Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (4) In subsection (3) for the word "Minister", in both places where it appears, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     5. - (1) Section 116(1) of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) For the word "Minister", in the first place where it appears, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) For the words "Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries"[25] there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Land Registration Act 1925 (c.21)
     6. In section 144(1) of the Land Registration Act 1925 for the words "Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries"[26] there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

New Forest Act 1949 (c.69)
     7. In section 1(c)[27] of the New Forest Act 1949 for the words "Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

     8. - (1) Section 16 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (4) for the words "said Ministers" there shall be substituted "Minister and the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

    (3) In subsection (7) for the words "said Ministers" there shall be substituted "Minister and the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

    (4) In subsection (9)(b), for the words "said Ministers" there shall be substituted "Minister and the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

     9. - (1) Section 17 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (3)(a) for the words "Minister of Transport" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

    (3) In subsection (5) for the words "Minister of Transport" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
     10. In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in Part 1 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3, for the words "Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

New Forest Act 1964 (c.83)
     11. In section 3(2) of the New Forest Act 1964 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

     12. In section 4(3) of that Act for the words "Minister of Transport" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

Forestry Act 1967 (c.10)
     13. In section 49(1) of the Forestry Act 1967[28], in the definition of "the Minister" -

Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c.13)

14. In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967[29], at the appropriate place, there shall be inserted "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

Medicines Act 1968 (c.67)
     15. - (1) Section 1(1) of the Medicines Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In the definition of "the Agriculture Ministers", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

    (3) In the definition of "the Ministers" -

     16. - (1) Section 5 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (2) after the word "Ministers", where it appears for the second time, there shall be inserted "specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 1(1) of this Act".

    (3) In subsection (3) after the word "Ministers" there shall be inserted "specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 1(1) of this Act".

New Forest Act 1970 (c.21)
     17. - (1) Section 2 of the New Forest Act 1970 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (1) for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

    (3) In subsection (3) for the words "Minister of Transport" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions".

Poisons Act 1972 (c.66)
     18. In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Poisons Act 1972 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

Land Drainage Act 1976 (c.70)
     19. In paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 5 to the Land Drainage Act 1976 for the word "Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Agricultural Statistics Act 1979 (c.13)
     20. In section 6(1) of the Agricultural Statistics Act 1979, in the definition of "the appropriate Minister", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Diseases of Fish Act 1983 (c.30)
     21. In section 7(8) of the Diseases of Fish Act 1983, in the definition of "the Minister", in paragraph (a), for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

National Heritage Act 1983 (c.47)
     22. - (1) Section 24 of the National Heritage Act 1983 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (6) for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In subsections (7) and (8) for the words "that Minister's consent" there shall, in each case, be substituted "the consent of the Secretary of State".

     23. In section 25(1) of that Act for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     24. - (1) Section 29 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (1) for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In subsection (2) for the word "Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     25. - (1) Part IV of Schedule 1 to that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph 33, in sub-paragraph (2), for the words from "Minister of" to the end of the sub-paragraph there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In the following provisions for the word "Minister", in each place where it appears, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State" -

Mineral Workings Act 1985 (c.12)

26. In section 9 of the Mineral Workings Act 1985, in the definition of "the Minister", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c.5)
     27. In section 96(1) of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, in the definition of "the Minister", in paragraph (a), for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Agriculture Act 1986 (c.49)
     28. In section 17(2) of the Agriculture Act 1986, in the definition of "the Minister", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     29. In section 18(11) of that Act, in the definition of "the Minister", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     30. In paragraph 18(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act, in the definition of "the Minister", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c.1)
     31. In section 486(12) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, in the definition of "the Minister", for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 (c.16)
     32. In section 1(5) of the Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988, in the definition of "the appropriate Minister", in paragraph (a), for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Scotch Whisky Act 1988 (c.22)
     33. The definition of "the Ministers" in section 3(1) of the Scotch Whisky Act 1988[30] shall, so far as it applies in relation to England and Wales, have effect as if for the reference to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State acting jointly there were substituted a reference to the Secretary of State.

Deer Act 1991 (c.54)
     34. In section 7(7)(a) of the Deer Act 1991 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Protection of Badgers Act 1992 (c.51)
     35. In section 10(5)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c.21)
     36. In section 15(6)(a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 for the word "General," there shall be substituted "General or".

Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18)
     37. In section 35(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Food Standards Act 1999 (c.28)
     38. In section 29(4) of the Food Standards Act 1999 for the words "the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "each Secretary of State having responsibility for any matters connected with the regulation of veterinary products".

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c.23)
     39. In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 there shall be inserted at the appropriate place "The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 (c.33)
     40. In section 5(1) of the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     41. In section 6(a) of that Act for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     42. In section 7(2) of that Act for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c.37)
     43. - (1) Section 29 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (2)(a) for the words "appropriate Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In subsection (3) for the words "appropriate Minister", in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

     44. - (1) Section 30 of that Act shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In subsection (3)(a) for the words "appropriate Minister" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

    (3) In subsection (4) for the words "appropriate Minister", in both places where they appear, there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 2000 (c.40)
     45. In section 1(3)(e) of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 2000 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State".

Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/181)
     46. In article 4(3) of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) Order 2000 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1081)
     47. In article 9(1)(a) of the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Conservation Measures) Order 2000 for the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" there shall be substituted "Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs".

Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Prescription of Offices, Ranks and Positions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/2417)
     48. In Part 1 of the Schedule to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Prescription of Offices, Ranks and Positions) Order 2000 -

SCHEDULE 2Article 5(2)

REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal or revocation
52 & 53 Vict. c.30.	The Board of Agriculture Act 1889.	Section 5(1) and (2). Sections 6 to 8.
3 Edw. 7 c.31.	The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1903.	Section 2(2).
9 Edw. 7 c.15.	The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1909.	Section 1(1).
9 & 10 Geo. 5 c.91.	The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919.	In section 1, in subsection (1), the words from the beginning to "pleasure", and subsection (2).
12 & 13 Geo. 5 c.16.	The Law of Property Act 1922.	Section 188(31).
15 & 16 Geo. 5 c.18.	The Settled Land Act 1925.	Section 117(1)(xvi).
9 & 10 Eliz. 2 c.6.	The Ministers of the Crown (Parliamentary Secretaries) Act 1960.	In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1909.
1967 c.10.	The Forestry Act 1967.	Section 15(8). Section 19(4). In section 49(1), in the definition of "the Minister", the words "sections 15(8) and 19(4), and". In Schedule 3, paragraph 4.
1967 c.13.	The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.	In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
1968 c.67.	The Medicines Act 1968.	In section 1(1), in the definition of "the Ministers", the word "all" where it appears for the first time. In section 5(2), the words "and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" and the word "jointly".
1974 c.37.	The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.	In section 15(1), the words from ", the Minister" to "jointly". In section 43(6), the words from ", the Minister" to "jointly". In section 49(4), the words from ", the Minister" to "jointly". In section 52(3), the words from ", the Minister" to "jointly". In section 80(4), the words from ", the Minister" to "jointly".
1975 c.24.	The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.	In Schedule 2, the words "Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.".
1975 c.27.	The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.	In Part 1 of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
1981 c.22.	The Animal Health Act 1981.	In section 86(2), the words from "the Ministry" to "1919, and".
1981 c.69.	The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.	Section 52(5).
1986 c.49.	The Agriculture Act 1986.	In section 18(2)(a), the words "the Secretary of State,".
1988 c.22.	The Scotch Whisky Act 1988.	In section 3(1), in the definition of "the Ministers", the words from "except" to "not act".
1990 c.8.	The Town and Country Planning Act 1990.	Section 15(3). Section 18(3). Section 43(6). Section 44(3).
1990 c.16.	The Food Safety Act 1990.	In section 6, in subsection (3), the words ", the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" and, in subsection (4)(a), the words ", the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food,".
1991 c.56.	The Water Industry Act 1991.	In section 3(1), paragraph (b). In section 5(2), the words "and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food" and "each". In section 207(2), the words ", the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food".
1995 c.21.	The Merchant Shipping Act 1995.	In section 15, in subsection (6)(a), the words "or the Minister" and, in subsection (7), paragraph (a) and the word "and" at the end of that paragraph.
1999 c.28.	The Food Standards Act 1999.	In section 29, in subsection (1), the words "The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and" and, in subsection (3), the words "The Minister or". In section 30(8)(a), the words "and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, acting jointly".
S.I. 1999/1820.	The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999.	In Schedule 2, paragraph 90.
2000 c.23.	The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.	In Part 1 of Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
2000 c.37.	The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.	In section 29, in subsection (4), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection and, in subsection (5), the definition of "the appropriate Minister". In section 30, in subsection (5), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection, and subsection (6).