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