Article 3
1.—(1) This Schedule shall apply to the Meat and Livestock Commission and the Meat and Livestock Commission’s Consumers Committee.
(2) In this Schedule–
“the 1967 Act” means the Agriculture Act 1967(1);
“the Commission” means the Meat and Livestock Commission established by section 1 of the 1967 Act; and
“the Consumers Committee” means the Meat and Livestock Commission’s Consumers Committee appointed under section 2(1) of the 1967 Act.
2.—(1) Any function which is exercisable in relation to the Commission or the Consumers Committee by the Secretary of State for Scotland acting alone shall instead be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Any function which is–
(a)specifically exercisable in relation to the Commission or the Consumers Committee; and
(b)exercisable by the Secretary of State for Scotland acting jointly with other Ministers of the Crown,
shall instead be exercisable by the Scottish Ministers and those other Ministers acting jointly.
(3) The exercise by the Scottish Ministers of any function by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) shall not require the approval of a Minister of the Crown.
(4) This paragraph shall not apply to any function to which paragraph 3 applies.
3.—(1) This paragraph applies to any function of making orders under section 6 or 16(1)(b) of the 1967 Act or making schemes under section 9 or 13 of that Act.
(2) The Secretary of State for Scotland is to cease to be among the Ministers who, acting jointly, may exercise any function to which this paragraph applies.
(3) Any function to which this paragraph applies shall be exercisable only with the consent of the Scottish Ministers, and section 88(2) of the Act shall not apply in relation to any such function.