Schedule 5, Part 4: Marketing standards and carcass classification
Part 4 of Schedule 5 confers on the Welsh Ministers powers in respect of marketing standards in Wales and carcass classification by slaughterhouses in Wales.
	Paragraph 16(1) provides that the Welsh Ministers may make provision relating to marketing standards for agricultural products marketed in Wales. This includes the ability to amend or revoke the current marketing standards as set out in retained EU legislation and in domestic legislation, as well as the flexibility to introduce new standards that will be tailored to suit the domestic agricultural sectors.
	Paragraph 16(2) provides a non-exhaustive list of certain matters that the regulations may cover; for example, criteria such as appearance, the type of farming or production method and matters relating to storage and transport.
	Paragraph 16(3) provides that the regulations make may provision about enforcement and outlines some of the matters that may be covered (amongst other things), such as, for example, conferring powers of entry, creating summary offences and imposing monetary penalties. The list is non-exhaustive. This allows for the ability to amend or revoke the current marketing standards enforcement requirements to be replicated for any new standards which may be introduced, and for existing enforcement requirements to be amended as necessary.
	Paragraph 16(4) states that regulations made under paragraph 16 may not authorise entry to a private dwelling, without a warrant issued by a justice of the peace. "Private dwelling" is defined at section 51.
	Paragraph 16(5) provides that regulations made under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
	Paragraph 17(1) contains the list of agricultural products for which marketing standards may be made.
	Paragraph 17(3) provides that the Welsh Ministers may make regulations to amend the list of products for which marketing standards may be set, by adding or removing a product from the list, or altering the description of a product.
	Paragraph 17(4) provides that regulations made under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
	Paragraph 18(1) confers powers on the Welsh Ministers to make provision about the classification, identification and presentation of bovine, pig and sheep carcasses by slaughterhouses in Wales. This includes the ability to amend or revoke the current carcass classification rules as set out in retained EU legislation and in domestic legislation, as well as the flexibility to introduce new standards and rules that will be tailored to suit the domestic agricultural sectors.
	Paragraph 18(2) states that regulations made under paragraph 18(1) may include provision about enforcement and outlines some of the matters that may be covered (amongst other things), such as, for example, conferring powers of entry, creating summary offences and imposing monetary penalties. The list is non-exhaustive. This will allow for the current carcass classification enforcement requirements to be replicated for any new standards which may be introduced, and for existing enforcement requirements to be amended as necessary.
	Paragraph 18(3) states that regulations made under paragraph 18 may not authorise entry to a private dwelling, without a warrant issued by a justice of the peace. "Private dwelling" is defined at section 51.
	Paragraph 18(4) provides that regulations made under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
	The powers conferred on the Welsh Ministers in Part 4 of Schedule 5 are very similar to the marketing standards and carcass classification powers conferred on the Secretary of State under Part 5 of the Act in respect of England (sections 37 and 40).