In February 2026, the Law Commission published a scoping report on agricultural law in Wales. The scoping report examines a potential code of agricultural law in Wales and marks a significant milestone in the wider initiative to codify the law in Wales. This article briefly explores the scoping report’s key findings, the Law Commission’s rationale for a potential code of agricultural law for Wales and implications for practitioners.
The background
In the Welsh context, “a code of law” has a distinct meaning. A code of Welsh law is a comprehensive statement of the primary and secondary legislation and relevant guidance on a particular devolved subject. It is not intended to be a new type of legal instrument. Instead, a code of Welsh law is a discrete collection of primary and secondary legislation that are together stated to form a code of Welsh law on a particular subject.