Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1375
Animals
Regulatory Reform
The Legislative Reform (Local Government) (Animal Health Functions) Order 2009
Made
30th May 2009
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Order.
For the purposes of section 3(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006, the Secretary of State considers that the conditions in section 3(2), where relevant, are satisfied.
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 13(1) of that Act.
The Secretary of State has laid a draft Order and explanatory document before Parliament in accordance with section 14(1) of that Act.
Pursuant to section 15 of that Act, the negative resolution procedure (within the meaning of Part 1 of that Act) applies in relation to the making of the Order.
Neither House of Parliament resolved, within the 40-day period referred to in section 16(3) of that Act, that the Secretary of State should not make the Order.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Legislative Reform (Local Government) (Animal Health Functions) Order 2009 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
Arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities
2. —(1) In section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972( 2 ) the following subsections are repealed—
(a) subsection (7) (which prevents a local authority from arranging under that section for another local authority to discharge their animal health functions); and
(b) subsection (7A) (which exempts Welsh principal councils from the prohibition in subsection (7)).
(2)Paragraph 26(2) of Schedule 15 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994( 3 ) (which inserted section 101(7A) of the Local Government Act 1972) is repealed.
Hilary Benn
Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
30th May 2009
2006 c. 51 ; see section 32 for the definition of “Minister of the Crown”. Modifications to 2006 c. 51 (which relate to the National Assembly for Wales) were made by S.I. 2007/1388 .