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4.—(1) Section 28 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, for “Community” substitute “retained EU law or Protocol”.
(3) In subsection (1), for “regulations under section 11 which implement a Community obligation” substitute—
“(a)any regulations under section 11 which are retained EU law;
(b)any relevant Protocol obligation; or
(c)any regulations under section 11 which implement a relevant Protocol obligation.”.
(4) After subsection (3), insert—
“(4) In this section—
“relevant Protocol obligation” means any obligation created or arising by or under the relevant part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, whether or not an obligation to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies;
“the relevant part of the Northern Ireland Protocol” means article 5(4) of the Northern Ireland Protocol so far as relating to section 40 of Annex 2 to that Protocol;
“the Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement.”.
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