The Welfare of Animals (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1027 (W.94)

ANIMALS, WALES

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

The Welfare of Animals (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made

27 March 2007

Coming into force

28 March 2007

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968(1) and now vested in it.

In accordance with section 2(1) of that Act, the Assembly has consulted those persons appearing to it to represent interests with which these Regulations are concerned as it considered appropriate.

Title, commencement and application

1.  The title of these Regulations is the Welfare of Animals (Miscellaneous Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2007. They apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 28 March 2007.

Revocations

2.  The instruments described in the first and second columns of the Schedule are revoked to the extent described in the third column of the Schedule.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2).

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

27 March 2007

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE REVOCATIONS

Instrument revoked	Reference	Extent of Revocation
The Welfare of Livestock (Prohibited Operations) Regulations 1982	S.I. 1982/ 1884	All the Regulations.
The Welfare of Livestock (Prohibited Operations) (Amendment) Regulations 1987	S.I. 1987/114	All the Regulations.
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2001	S.I. 2001/ 2682	Paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 3D(3); and Paragraphs 19 to 26 of Schedule 6(4).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the provisions specified in the Schedule, as a consequence of the replacement of their substance in the Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2007.

A regulatory appraisal has been prepared. Copies may be obtained from the Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.

(1)

1968 c. 34. See sections 8(4) and 50 for the interpretation of “the Ministers”. The functions of the Ministers, insofar as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, SI 1999/672.

(2)

1998 c. 38.

(3)

Schedule 3D was inserted by S.I. 2002/1898 (at regulation 2(8)).

(4)

Schedule 6 was substituted by S.I. 2003/1726 (at regulation 3(4)).