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The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016

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Draft 2016, ISBN 9780111032497

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Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 51(3) of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Animals

Made 2016

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(5)(b) of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 20(6) of that Act, they have consulted such persons appearing to them to represent relevant interests and such other persons as they consider appropriate.

In accordance with section 51(3) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2006 asp 11.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

2Amendment of the Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010

(1)

The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In schedule 1 (bovine animals), in the entry relating to ear tagging, for the entry in column 2 (purpose) substitute—

“

1.Identification;
2.Screening or routine or random testing for disease; or
3.Genetic analysis.

”

3Revocation

Regulation 2(2) of the Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) Scotland Amendment Regulations 2012f1 is revoked.

Signature

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 20 of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) provides that it is an offence for a person to carry out a prohibited procedure on a protected animal, unless the procedure is carried out for the purpose of medical treatment of the animal or is specified in regulations. The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (“the principal Regulations”) specify procedures which are not carried out for the purpose of medical treatment of an animal and to which section 20 of the 2006 Act does not apply.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations amend the principal Regulations to allow the ear tagging of bovine animals for the purpose of genetic analysis, in addition to the purposes of identification and the screening or routine or random testing of those animals for disease (as currently).

Regulation 3 of these Regulations revokes regulation 2(2) of the Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012.