Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Matters Relating to Agriculture and Agricultural Products Chapter 1 - Collection and sharing of data Section 27 - Relevant activity: requirement to provide information
168.Section 27 confers power on the Welsh Ministers to require a person who carries on a “relevant activity” (and is not “in” or “closely connected” with an agri-food supply chain) to provide information about matters connected with that activity, so far as it takes place in Wales. “Relevant activity” is defined in section 28.
169.Subsection (2) confers power on the Welsh Ministers to make regulations requiring persons of the same type to provide information of the same type.
170.Subsection (4) provides that a requirement under subsection (1) or subsection (2) may not be imposed on a person in relation to a relevant activity so far as the activity is carried on otherwise than for profit or reward.
171.Subsection (5) exempts from the requirements any information which is subject to legal privilege.
172.Subsection (6) provides that any requirement imposed under subsection (1) must be in writing.