The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
1Citation and commencement
2Amendment of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007
3Amendment of regulation 2 (definitions and interpretation)
4Amendment of regulation 5 (additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits)
5Insertion of regulation 5A
6Amendment of regulation 7 (offences)
7Amendment of Schedule 1 (general conditions under which farmed animals must be kept)
8Insertion of Schedule 5A (additional conditions that apply in relation to conventionally reared meat chickens)
SCHEDULEInsertion of Schedule 5A to the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007

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Animals, EnglandAnimal Welfare

The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Made

Coming into force in accordance with Regulation 1

The Secretary of State is the appropriate national authority in relation to England for the purposes of the Animal Welfare Act 20061 and is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union3.

The Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 12(6) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

In accordance with section 61(2) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(1), (2) and (3) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.