
1 
This Order may be cited as the Importation of Animals (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 29th July 1996.
2 
In the definition of “animals” in article 2(1) of the Importation of Animals Order 1977, for the words “ruminating animals and swine”, there shall be substituted the words “ruminating animals, swine and elephants”.
Angela Browning
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
8th July 1996Lindsay
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office
4th July 1996Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jonathan Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
4th July 1996