Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 20064.

(1)

The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 20064 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3(1) (transport)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (d), after “6(1)” insert “and (1A)”5;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (e), after “6(5)” insert “and (5A)”6.

(3)

In regulation 4 (transporters), for paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d)

Article 6(9) (transporters);”.

(4)

In regulation 9(1) (control posts), after “post” insert “as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerning Community criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC”.

(5)

In regulation 18 (competent authority)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)(b), for “6(5)” substitute “6(5A)”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)(a) for “Articles 3 and 4(2)” substitute “Article 3”;

(c)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

for “a member State” substitute “the Appropriate Minister”;

(ii)

omit from “and for designating” to the end.

(6)

In regulation 23(d) (powers of inspectors), for “EU obligations” substitute “an obligation under retained EU law”.