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Regulation 1 Citation and commencement

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

These Regulations, which implement—

(a)

the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes of 10th March 1976 as read with the Protocol of Amendment to the European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes of 6th February 1992;

(b)

Council Directive 88/166/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens kept in battery cagesf1;

(c)

Council Directive 91/629/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calvesf2;

(d)

Council Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigsf3;

may be cited as the Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which they are made.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

OJ No. L74, 19.3.88, p.83.

f2

OJ No. L340, 11.12.91, p.28.

f3

OJ No. L340, 11.12.91, p.33.