Regulation 4 Appointment of competent authority

The Scottish Ministers are the competent authority for the purposes of—

(a)

Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes^f1;

(b)

Council Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens;

(c)

Council Directive 2007/43/EC laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production;

(d)

Council Directive 2008/119/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves; and

(e)

Council Directive 2008/120/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs.

Annotations

f1: O.J. No. L 221, 8.8.1998, p.23, amended by Council Regulation (EC) No. 806/2003 (O.J. No. L 122, 16.5.2003, p.1).