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(1) This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1)(England) Order 2007; and
(b) applies in England only.
(2) In this Order, “the 2006 Act” means the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
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(1) The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 23rd March 2007, for the purpose of making regulations under them—
(a) section 5(4) and (5);
(b) section 6(4) to (6), (8)(b) and (14).
(2) The following provisions of the 2006 Act come into force on 6th April 2007—
(a) sections 1 to 4;
(b) sections 5 and 6, to the extent that they are not already in force;
(c) section 7;
(d) section 8(1), (2), (7) and (8);
(e) sections 9 to 12;
(f) section 13 and Schedule 1;
(g) sections 17 to 45;
(h) sections 51 and 52;
(i) section 53 and Schedule 2;
(j) sections 54 to 60;
(k) sections 62 and 63;
(l) sections 64 and Schedule 3, except in so far as they relate to paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3;
(m) section 65 and Schedule 4, except in so far as they relate to the following entries in Schedule 4—
(i) section 2 of the Pet Animals Act 1951 (c.35);
(ii) sections 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c.34);
(iii) sections 37 to 39 of the Animal Health Act 1981 (c.22) and paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to that Act;
(n) section 66.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd February 2007