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The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/1622 · Made 8 June 1999

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ANIMALS

Made 8th June 1999

Coming into force 1st July 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8, 37(1), 38(1), 39 and 72 of the Animal Health Act 1981f1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1981 c. 22. See section 86(1)(a) for the definition of “the Ministers” and section 89(1) for the definition of “an order of the Minister”.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.

2Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997

After article 21 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997f1 the following article shall be inserted–

“21A

Any person who uses a road vehicle for the transportation of animals to which Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 411/98 on additional animal protection standards applicable to road vehicles used for the carriage of livestock on journeys exceeding eight hoursf2 applies in contravention of that Regulation commits an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.”

Signature

Elliot Morley

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

8th June 1999

Sewel

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office

7th June 1999

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen Jones

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

8th June 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1480 as amended by S.I. 1998/2537). It makes provision for the enforcement of Council Regulation (EC) No. 411/98 (“the Regulation”) on additional animal protection standards applicable to road vehicles used for the carriage of livestock on journeys exceeding eight hours (OJ No. L52, 21.2.98, p. 8).

The Order makes it an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981 for any person to use a road vehicle for the transportation of animals in contravention of the Regulation.