The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023

Made: 6 March 2023

Laid before Senedd Cymru: 8 March 2023

Coming into force: 6 April 2023

In accordance with Article 30a(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 and Article 144(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the Welsh Ministers have consulted such bodies or persons as appear to them to be representative of the interests likely to be substantially affected by these Regulations and such other bodies or persons as they consider appropriate.

Title, extent, application and coming into force

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023.

• (2) These Regulations—

• (a) extend to England and Wales;

• (b) apply in relation to Wales;

• (c) come into force on 6 April 2023.

Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005

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For Annex 2 to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 substitute the Annex contained in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Specified date for the purposes of Article 154(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625

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The specified date for the purposes of Article 154(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 is 6 April 2023.

Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007

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• (1) The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007[^f00003] is amended as follows.

• (2) In article 2(3), after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

; (c) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products

• (3) In article 24—

• (a) for paragraph (4) substitute—

(4) An inspector may take copies of any document— (a) inspected for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Order, Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 or Regulation (EU) 2017/625 have been complied with; (b) inspected in the course of performing official controls under Regulation (EU) 2017/625.

• (b) in paragraph (7), for “point 8” substitute “paragraph 13(b)”.

• (4) In article 27(a), after “1255/97”, insert “, Regulation (EU) 2017/625”.

SCHEDULE — New Annex 2 to Regulation (EC) No 1/2005

Signed

Lesley Griffiths — Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd — 6th March 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations (EUR 2005/1) and make provision for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products (EUR 2017/625).

Regulation 2 substitutes, in relation to Wales, a new Annex 2 to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 which relates to the preparation and completion of journey logs required under Article 5(4) of that Regulation for certain journeys involving the transportation of animals.

Regulation 3 specifies, in relation to Wales, the date on which the transitional measures in Article 154(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 come to an end. As of 6 April 2023, Article 21 of that Regulation will apply in full in place of the corresponding provisions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005.

Regulation 4 makes consequential amendments to the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1047 (W. 105)).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: EUR 2005/1, amended by S.I. 2019/588 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. See Article 2a for the definition of “the appropriate authority”.

[^f00002]: EUR 2017/625; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2020/1481, 2022/846. See Article 3(2A) for the definition of “the appropriate authority”.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2007/1047 (W. 105) amended by S.I. 2019/684 (W. 131); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.