Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 1328
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY
The Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2003
Made
15th May 2003
Laid before Parliament
19th May 2003
Coming into force
9th June 2003
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954( 1 ) and now vested in her and after consultation (in accordance with that section) with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and with such persons appearing to her to represent agricultural interests as appeared appropriate, makes the following order:
Title and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 9th June 2003.
Amendment of the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954
2. In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954 (castration an excepted operation if performed within a certain period), in the table, for the entry beginning “pig” there shall be substituted “pig, in Wales, 4 weeks; and in England, 8 days”.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
15th May 2003
1954 c. 46 . Functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, insofar as they were exercisable in relation to England, were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141 ) and were then further transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794 ).