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The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

S.I. 2023/563 · Made 19 May 2023

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Animals

Animal Welfare

Made 19th May 2023

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 6(2) of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2022 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and extent
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 22nd May 2023
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 (Commencement) Regulations 2023.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2Provisions coming into force on 22nd May 2023

Sections 1 to 5 of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 come into force on 22nd May 2023.

Signature

Benyon

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

19th May 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force the remaining provisions of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 (c. 22) (“the Act”) that did not come into force on the day on which the Act was passed. Those provisions (sections 1 to 5 of the Act) come into force on 22nd May 2023.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.