Commentary on Sections Part 2 – Support for Agriculture Etc Chapter 3 - Intervention in agricultural markets Section 21 - Declaration relating to exceptional market conditions
137.Section 21 makes provision for circumstances in which the Welsh Ministers may make an “exceptional market conditions” declaration, so as to enable financial support to be given as described in section 21.
138.Subsection (2) sets out a two-part test to determine whether exceptional market conditions exist. Subsection (3) sets out what must be included in an exceptional market conditions declaration.
139.Subsection (5) states that an exceptional market conditions declaration has effect until a date specified in the declaration under subsection (3): the effect of subsection (4) is that this date must be within the period of three months beginning with the day on which the declaration is published.
140.Subsection (6) allows the Welsh Ministers to revoke a declaration made under subsection (1) by making and publishing a further declaration to that effect.
141.Subsections (7) and (8) allow the Welsh Ministers to extend an exceptional market conditions declaration for a period of no more than three months, if within the period of seven days ending with the date originally specified in the declaration under subsection (3), that there continue to be exceptional market conditions.
142.Subsection (9) states that the expiration or revocation of a declaration made under subsection (1) in respect of exceptional market conditions does not prevent the Welsh Ministers from making and publishing another declaration relating to the same exceptional market conditions.
143.Subsection (10) states that a copy of any declaration made and published under the section must be laid before Senedd Cymru as soon as practicable. Subsection (11) sets out that publication of a declaration is to be done electronically.