S.I. No. 307/2007 - European Communities (Welfare of Calves and Pigs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007


S.I. No. 307 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (WELFARE OF CALVES AND PIGS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th June, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No. 2001/88/EC of 23 October 2001 1 and Commission Directive No. 2001/93/EC of 9 November 2001 2 , hereby make the following Regulations—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Welfare of Calves and Pigs) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Welfare of Calves and Pigs) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 48 of 2003 ) are amended by

(a) the substitution, for Regulation 6(5) and (6), of—

“(5) A person shall not tether or cause or permit another person to tether a sow or gilt.”, and

(b) the insertion, in point 5 of Part I of the Third Schedule after “shall have”, of “permanent”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 June 2007

MARY COUGHLAN.

Minister for Agriculture and Food.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Welfare of Calves and Pigs) Regulations 2003.

1 O.J. No. L 316 of 1.12.2001, p. 1.

2 O.J. No. L 316 of 1.12.2001, p.36.