The Mink Keeping (England) Order 2000

Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 3402

ANIMALS, ENGLAND

DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS

The Mink Keeping (England) Order 2000

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made

22nd November 2000

Laid before Parliament

23rd November 2000

Coming into force

1st January 2001

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, being satisfied with respect to the non-indigenous mammalian species which are the subject of this Order that by reason of their destructive habits it is desirable to control the keeping of them and to destroy any which may be at large, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932(1) and vested in him(2), hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1932 c. 12; section 11 (interpretation) was amended by S.I. 1992/3302.

(2)

As respects Scotland and Wales, the functions in relation to the keeping of animals conferred by section 10 of the Act on the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food have been devolved; the relevant enactments are section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). As respects England, by article 2(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141) the functions of the Secretary of State jointly exercisable with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under section 10 of the Act were transferred to the Minister.