Welfare of Animals (Transport)(Amendment) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 1622 of 1999)

Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1622 file:///D/HTML/uk16521.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:19] Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1622 The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999 © Crown Copyright 1999 All Crown copyrights are reserved. The text is reproducible in all media and formats and without restriction provided that the text is reproduced accurately; is not used in a misleading manner; and is accompanied by the following acknowledgment: Crown copyright 1999 with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office It should be noted that the right to reproduce the text of Statutory Instruments does not extend to the Royal Arms and the Queen's Printer imprints. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999, ISBN 0 11 082850 X, £1.00 sterling. For details of how to obtain an official copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1999 No. 1622 ANIMALS The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1999 Made 8th June 1999 Coming into force 1st July 1999 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 1981[1], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Order: Title and commencement 1. 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 1997 2. After article 21 of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997[2] 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 hours[3] applies in contravention of that http://www.national-publishing.co.uk/obtain.htm http://www.national-publishing.co.uk/obtain.htm Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1622 file:///D/HTML/uk16521.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:19] Regulation commits an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981." Elliot Morley Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 8th June 1999 Sewel Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office 7th June 1999 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Jon Owen Jones Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office 8th June 1999 EXPLANATORY NOTE (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 (OJ No. 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. Notes: [1] 1981 c. 22. See section 86(1)(a) for the definition of "the Ministers" and section 89(1) for the definition of "an order of the Minister".back [2] S.I. 1997/1480, to which there is an amendment not relevant to this Order.back [3] OJ No. L52, 21.2.98, p. 8.back ISBN 0 11 082850 X Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1622 file:///D/HTML/uk16521.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:19]