S.I. No. 98/2012 - European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd April, 2012.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 93/119/EEC of 22 December 19931 , Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 19982 , Council Directive No. 1999/74/EC of 19 July 19993 and Commisson Directive 2002/4/EC of 30 January 20024 , Council Directive No 2007/43/EC of 28 June 20075 , Council Directive No. 2008/119/EC of 18 December 20086 and Council Directive No. 2008/120/EC of 18 December 20087 , hereby make the following Regulations—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The European Communities (Welfare of Farmed Animals) Regulations 2010 are amended—

(a) in Regulation 41(1) (i), by the insertion after “on” of “summary”, and

(b) in Regulation 41 (2), by the substitution for “A summary offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister” of “An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted in a summary manner by the Minister”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 March 2012.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine.

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 Farmed Animals) Regulations 2010.

1 O.J. No. L 340 of 31.12.1993, p. 21.

2 O.J. No. L 221 of 8.8.1998, p. 23.

3 O.J. No. L 203 of 3.8.1999, p. 53.

4 O.J. No. L 30 of 31.1.2002, p.44.

5 O.J. No. L182 of 12.7.2007 p. 19.

6 O.J. No. L010 of 15.1.2009 p. 7.

7 O.J. No. L047 of 18.2.2009 p. 5.