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

PART 1 Introduction

Title, commencement and application

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.

Interpretation

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).

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

(5) The “National Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales of Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.

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

Extension of definition of “animals” and “poultry”

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.

(1)

OJ L 3, 5.1.2005 p.1.

(2)

OJ L 174, 2.7.97 p.1.