Statutory Instruments
ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH
Made
13th January 1989
Coming into force
3rd February 1989
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1, 8(1), 37(1) and (2) and 86(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Poultry (Transport) (Amendment) Order 1989, shall apply to Great Britain, and shall come into force on 3rd February 1989.
2. Article 6 of the Welfare of Poultry (Transport) Order 1988(2) (protection of poultry during loading, unloading and transport) shall be amended as follows–
(a)at the beginning of paragraph (3)(g) there shall be inserted the words “subject to paragraph (3A) below,”; and
(b)after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph–
“(3A) The provisions of paragraph (3)(g) above shall not apply in the case of–
(a)ducks which are lifted or carried by the neck; or
(b)geese which are lifted or carried by the base of both wings.”.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 12th January 1989.
L.S.
John MacGregor
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
13th January 1989
Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
11th January 1989
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Welfare of Poultry (Transport) Order 1988 by providing that the restriction contained in that Order on poultry being lifted or carried by the head, neck, wing or tail shall not apply in the case of ducks which are lifted or carried by the neck or geese which are lifted or carried by the base of both wings (article 2).
1981 c. 22; section 86(1) contains a definition of “the Ministers” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which this Order is made.
S.I. 1988/851.