Statutory Instruments
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 1981(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
2. After article 21 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997(2) 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 hours(3) applies in contravention of that Regulation commits an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.”
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
(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.
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”.
S.I. 1997/1480, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order.
OJ No. L52, 21.2.98, p. 8.