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A
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Bill
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[AS AMENDED IN STANDING COMMITTEE F]
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To
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amend
the Weeds Act 1959 in relation to ragwort; and for connected
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purposes.
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:—
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1 Control
of ragwort
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After section 1 of the Weeds Act 1959 (c.
54) there is inserted—
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“1A Code
of practice: ragwort
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(1) The
Minister may make a code of practice for the purpose of providing
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guidance
on how to prevent the spread of ragwort (senecio
jacobaea L.).
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(2) Before
making the code the Minister must consult such persons as he
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considers
appropriate.
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(3) The
Minister must lay a copy of the code before Parliament.
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(4) The
Minister may revise the code; and subsections (2) and (3) apply to
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the
revised code.
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(5) The
code is to be admissible in evidence.
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(6) If
the code appears to a court to be relevant to any question arising in
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proceedings
it is to be taken into account in determining that question.”
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2 Wales
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(1) The
reference to the Weeds Act 1959 (c. 54) in Schedule 1 to the National
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Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions)
Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/ 672) is to be
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treated as referring to that Act as
amended by this Act.
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