Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Matters Relating to Agriculture and Agricultural Products Chapter 1 - Collection and sharing of data Section 30 - Duty to publish requirement under section 25(1) or 27(1) in draft
178.Subsection (1)(a)(i) requires the Welsh Ministers to publish a draft of a requirement under section 25(1) or section 27(1) before imposing it. Subsection (1) (a)(ii) and (iii) require the Welsh Ministers also to publish a description of the persons on whom it is proposed that the requirement be imposed, and the deadline for comments. The effect of subsection (1)(b) is that, having considered any comments received, the Welsh Ministers may decide to impose the requirement in either its published form or a revised form.
179.Subsection (2) states that, once final terms of the requirement have been decided, the Welsh Ministers may impose the requirement at any time on a person within the description published under subsection (1)(a)(ii).