S.I. No. 426/2019 - Animal Health And Welfare Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2019


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16th August, 2019.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1(2) and (3) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2019.

2. The day appointed as the day on which Part 5 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15 of 2013), in so far as it relates to porcine animals slaughtered or exported live from the State, comes into operation is the 1st day of September 2019.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal

17 July, 2019.

MICHAEL CREED,

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).

This Order brings Part 5 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 into operation in so far as it relates to porcine animals.