These Regulations are made in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 11M(1) of Schedule 2 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16). The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the withdrawal agreement requires that the EU legislation listed in Annex 2 to that Protocol is implemented in Northern Ireland. These Regulations therefore amend the Equine Identification (Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/250 (W. 62)) in order to implement the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and for the purposes of dealing with matters arising out of, or related to, that Protocol.