# The Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2007, Article 3: Savings of codes of recommendations for welfare of livestock and transitional provisions


(1) Subject to paragraph 3, a code of recommendations for the welfare of livestock issued under section 3 of the 1968 Act—
(a) has effect during the transitional period in relation to a farmed animal of the species to which the code relates as if the code had been issued under section 14 of the 2006 Act;
(b) may be revised in accordance with sections 14 and 16 of the 2006 Act; and
(c) may be revoked in accordance with section 17 of the 2006 Act.
(2) In paragraph 1(a), the transitional period for a code of recommendations means the period between the coming into force of this Order and the revocation of that code of recommendations under section 17 of the 2006 Act.
(3) A code of recommendations—
(a) applies to a farmed animal of a species to which that code relates whether or not the animal is on agricultural land as defined in section 8(1) of the 1968 Act; and
(b) does not include the “Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Domestic Fowls” which came into operation on 1 September 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3065/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animal-welfare-act-2006-commencement-no-2-and-saving-and-transitional-provisions-wales-order-2007/article-3
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