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The Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Amendment (Wales) Order 2003

W.S.I. 2003/1844 · Made 16 July 2003

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ANIMALS, WALES

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

Made 16th July 2003

Coming into force 18th July 2003

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954f1 and now vested in it,f2 after consultation with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and with such persons appearing to the National Assembly for Wales to represent appropriate agricultural interests, that appear to the National Assembly to be appropriate makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1954 c. 46.

f2

By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Title, application and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, application and commencement

This Order is called the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Amendment (Wales) Order 2003, it applies in relation to Wales and comes into force on 18th July 2003.

2Amendment of the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954

In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 (Excepted Operations) to the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954 the words “in Wales, 8 days” are substituted for “in Wales, 4 weeks”f1.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

D.Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

16th July 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to The Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954 (1954 c. 46) in its application to Wales by reducing the age beyond which castration of pigs may not be performed without anaesthetic from 4 weeks to 7 days in order to implement Commission Directive 2001/93/EC (OJ No. L 316, 1.12.2001 p. 36). Conditions that apply to the keeping of pigs are contained in the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2001, as amended.