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Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Act 2025

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Statutes amended

2 affected Acts; 3 amendments in total. Each block shows the target Act's text with this Act's changes applied.

Government of Wales Act 2006

2 amendments · open Act

  1. Schedule 7B ¶ 11 6 b1 change, 1 insertion

    11 Exceptions to restrictions relating to Ministers of the Crown

    paragraphs 11(1) – 11(5) unchanged

    6 [Paragraph 6 introduces exceptions for functions conferred by enactments of the kind listed below.]

    paragraph (a) unchanged

    b a function that is conferred by, or by regulations made under—
    section 79 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
    the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;
    the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020;
    the Coronavirus Act 2020;
    the Agriculture Act 2020;
    the Fisheries Act 2020;
    an Act of Parliament resulting from the Trade Bill that was introduced into the House of Commons on 19th March 2020;
    the Environment Act 2021;
    section 28 of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022;
    the Professional Qualifications Act 2022;
    Chapter 1 of Part 3 or Part 6 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
    the Procurement Act 2023; or;
    the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024.; or
    the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Act 2025.
  2. Schedule 7B ¶ 9 8 b1 change, 1 insertion

    9 Exceptions to restrictions relating to reserved authorities

    paragraphs 9(1) – 9(7) unchanged

    8 Paragraph 8(1)(c) does not apply to a provision of an Act of the Senedd which removes, or confers power by subordinate legislation to remove, a function specifically exercisable in relation to a Minister of the Crown where that function is the giving of consent by the Welsh Ministers and that function—
    a exists to any extent by virtue of regulations made under sections 8 to 8C of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; or
    b is conferred by, or by regulations made under—
    the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;
    the Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020;
    the Coronavirus Act 2020;
    the Agriculture Act 2020;
    the Fisheries Act 2020;
    an Act of Parliament resulting from the Trade Bill that was introduced into the House of Commons on 19th March 2020;
    the Environment Act 2021;
    the Procurement Act 2023;
    Chapter 1 of Part 3 or Part 6 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
    the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024; or;
    the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025.; or
    the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Act 2025.

Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011

1 amendment · open Act

  1. regulation-31 change, 4 deletions

    3 Application

    1 These Regulations do not apply in relation to pet animals where— (a) the movement is a non-commercial movement, and (b) in the case of cats, dogs and ferrets— (i) the pet animal is accompanying the owner or authorised person, or (ii) where more than five pet animals are accompanying the owner or authorised person, the conditions set out in Article 5(2) of the Pets Regulation are fulfilled.These Regulations do not apply in relation to pet animals where the movement of the animals is a non-commercial movement for the purposes of the Pets Regulation (see Articles 3, 5 and 5A of the Pets Regulation).
    2 In these Regulations— “authorised person” means a natural person authorised in writing by the owner to carry out the non-commercial movement of the pet animal on the owner’s behalf; “non-commercial movement” has the meaning given in Article 3(a) of the Pets Regulation; “owner” means a natural person indicated as owner in the identification document; “accompanying” has the meaning given in Article 3(c) of the Pets Regulation; [other definitions unchanged].

    paragraph (1A) and the rest of regulation 3 unchanged