Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 1056 of 2009)

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2008/2795 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2009 No. 1056 ANIMALS CUSTOMS The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 Made - - - - 22nd April 2009 Laid before Parliament 24th April 2009 Coming into force - - 31st May 2009 The Secretary of State, being a designated(a) Minister under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred under that section. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 31st May 2009. Amendment of the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 2.—(1) The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008(c) are amended in accordance with the following regulations. (2) In regulation 3(3), subparagraph (f), paragraph (ii), delete the words “under regulation 4”. (3) At the end of the heading in regulation 4, insert the words “: England, Wales and Northern Ireland”. (4) In regulation 4(1), after the words “enforcement authority”, insert the words “in England, Wales or Northern Ireland”. (5) In regulation 4(5): (a) after the semicolon in subparagraph (a), insert “and”; and (b) delete the words “; and (c) in Scotland, to the Sheriff Court”. (a) Designated by the European Communities (Designation) Order 2008 (SI 2008/301). (b) 1972 c.68. (c) SI 2008/2795. 2 (6) In regulation 5(3), delete the word “section” and substitute the word “regulation”. Gareth Thomas Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs 22nd April 2009 Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 to provide that regulation 4, which confers powers of forfeiture on enforcement agencies, applies only in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995(a) will apply following a conviction for breach of the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. (a) 1995 c.43. Crown copyright 2009 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament. £4.00 E4205 4/2009 194205T 19585 This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2008/2795 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2009 No. 1056 ANIMALS CUSTOMS The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009