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The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Made

22nd April 2009

Laid before Parliament

24th April 2009

Coming into force

31st May 2009

The Secretary of State, being a designated(1) Minister under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred under that section.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 31st May 2009.

Amendment of the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008

2.–(1) The Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008(3) are amended in accordance with the following regulations.

(2) In regulation 3(3), subparagraph (f), paragraph (ii), delete the words "under regulation 4".

(3) At the end of the heading in regulation 4, insert the words ": England, Wales and Northern Ireland".

(4) In regulation 4(1), after the words "enforcement authority", insert the words "in England, Wales or Northern Ireland".

(5) In regulation 4(5):

(a) after the semicolon in subparagraph (a), insert "and"; and

(b) delete the words "; and (c) in Scotland, to the Sheriff Court".

(6) In regulation 5(3), delete the word "section" and substitute the word "regulation".

Gareth Thomas

Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Consumer Affairs

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

22nd April 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 to provide that regulation 4, which confers powers of forfeiture on enforcement agencies, applies only in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

In Scotland, the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995(4) will apply following a conviction for breach of the Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

(1)

Designated by the European Communities (Designation) Order 2008 (SI 2008/301). Back [1]



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