Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 100
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
DESTRUCTIVE ANIMALS
The Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (England) Order 2004
Approved by both Houses of Parliament
Made
19th January 2004
Laid before Parliament
20th January 2004
Coming into force
24th March 2004
The Secretary of State, being satisfied with respect to the non-indigenous mammalian species which are the subject of this Order that by reason of their destructive habits it is desirable to prohibit or control the keeping of them and to destroy any which may be at large, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932( 1 ) and now vested in her( 2 ), makes the following Order:
Title, application and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (England) Order 2004, shall apply in England, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Prohibition on the keeping of mink
2. —(1) The keeping of mink (“mustela vison”) is prohibited.
(2) In the application of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 in relation to mink, there shall be omitted—
(a) section 5(2) and,
(b) in section 6(1), paragraph (f) and the reference to a penalty in the case of an offence under paragraph (f).
Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
19th January 2004
1932 c. 12 ; section 11 (interpretation) was amended by S.I. 1992/3302 .
As respects England, by article 2(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141 ) the functions of the Secretary of State jointly exercisable with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under section 10 of the Act were transferred to the Minister and were then transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S. I. 2002/794 ).