# The Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (Wales) Order 2012, Introduction: Introductory text


ANIMALS, WALES
DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS
Approved by the National Assembly for WalesMade 8 May 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 8 May 2012
Coming into force 1 June 2012
The Welsh Ministers, being satisfied that by reason of the destructive habits of the non-indigenous mammalian species which are the subject of this Order it is desirable to prohibit or control the keeping of them and to destroy any which may be at large, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 and now vested in them, make the following Order:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/1427/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mink-keeping-prohibition-wales-order-2012/introduction
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