Section 7 Extent, commencement and short titleI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland, except that—

(a)

section 5 (b) extends only to Scotland;

(b)

the amendments and repeals made by section 6 have the same extent as the enactments to which they relate.

(2)

Sections 1 and 5 come into force on such day as may be appointed by regulations made by—

(a)

in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(c)

in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

(3)

Sections 2 to 4, section 6 and this section come into force on the day on which this Act is passed.

(4)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of section 1 or 5.

(5)

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of section 1 or 5 in relation to Scotland.

(6)

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of section 1 or 5 in relation to Wales.

(7)

Regulations under this section may make different provision for different purposes.

(8)

A power of the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument (and for regulations under this section made by the Scottish Ministers, see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (Scottish statutory instruments)).

(9)

This Act may be cited as the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 7 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 7(3)