The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007

PART 1 E+W Introduction

Title, commencement and application E+W

1.  The title of this Order is the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007. It comes into force on 30 March 2007 and applies in relation to Wales.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 30.3.2007, see art. 1

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In this Order “the Act” means the Animal Health Act 1981.

(2) Expressions used in this Order that are also used in the following Regulations have the meaning they bear in those Regulations.

(3) The Regulations are—

(a) Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) 1255/97(1);

(b) Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 concerning Community criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC(2);

[F1 (c) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products].

(4) The “local authority” means in relation to an area the county council or county borough council for that area.

F2 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Any reference to the Regulations referred to in paragraph (3) is a reference to those instruments as amended from time to time.

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2(3)(c) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/261), regs. 1(2)(c), 4(2)

F2 Art. 2(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/684), regs. 1(2), 3(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at 30.3.2007, see art. 1

Extension of definition of “animals” and “poultry” E+W

3.  For the purposes of the Act in its application to this Order, the definitions of animals and poultry in section 87 of the Act are extended to cover all vertebrate animals and cold-blooded invertebrate animals.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in force at 30.3.2007, see art. 1

(1)

OJ L 3, 5.1.2005 p.1.

(2)

OJ L 174, 2.7.97 p.1.