1999 No. 1622

ANIMALS

The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999

Made

Coming into force

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8, 37(1), 38(1), 39 and 72 of the Animal Health Act 19811, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order:

Title and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.

Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 19972

After article 21 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 19972 the following article shall be inserted–

21A

Any person who uses a road vehicle for the transportation of animals to which Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 411/98 on additional animal protection standards applicable to road vehicles used for the carriage of livestock on journeys exceeding eight hours3 applies in contravention of that Regulation commits an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.

Elliot MorleyParliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SewelParliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales

Jon Owen JonesParliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997 (S.I.1997/1480 as amended by S.I.1998/2537). It makes provision for the enforcement of Council Regulation (EC) No. 411/98 (“the Regulation”) on additional animal protection standards applicable to road vehicles used for the carriage of livestock on journeys exceeding eight hours (OJNo. L52, 21.2.98, p. 8).

The Order makes it an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981 for any person to use a road vehicle for the transportation of animals in contravention of the Regulation.