1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Control of Horses (Wales) Act 2014 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 10 December 2013 and received Royal Assent on 27 January 2014. They have been prepared by the Department for Sustainable Futures of the Welsh Government to assist the reader of the Act. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it.