Legislations

• What is the aim of the Animal Welfate Act 2006?

  To ensure all animals have all their welfare needs met
• What is the purpose of the Animal Welfare Act 2006?

  To make illegal for any owner or keeper of an animal to not follow the 5 welfare needs
• What is the aim of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 2006?

  To regulate how animals are transported from place to place
• What is the purpose of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 2006?

  To enforce minimum requirements on the transportation of vertebrae animals in line with commercial activities.

  Meant there were rules about whether an animal can be transported in the first place etc
• What is the aim of the Welfare of Animals are Market Order 1993?

  To cover what happens to animals when they are at markets and shows
• What is the purpose of the Welfare of Aninals at Market Order 1993?

  To provide more responsibilities on the market operator for the Welfare of animals at a market, implemented strict penalties
• What is the aim of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966?

  To regulate vets
• What is the purpose of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966?

  States that only those registered as a veterinary surgeon can perform surgery on animals
• What is the aim of the Wefare of Farmed Animals Regulations 2007?

  To implement EU regulations on the welfare of farmed livestock
• What is the purpose of the Welfare of Farmed Animals Regilations 2007?

  To ensure relevant EU directives towards the treatment if Farmed animals were upheld
• What is the aim of the Welfare of Animals Regulations 1999 (slaughter or killing)?


  To regulate slaughterhouses
• What's the purpose of te Welfare of Animals Regulations 1999 (slaughter or killing)?

  To ensure that causing an animal avoidable pain is illegal as well as not being licensed
• What is the aim of the Horse Passport Regulations 2009?

  To keep track of the horses that end up in the human food chain
• What is the purpose of the Horse Passport Egulations 2009?


  To make it illegal to sell a horse without a passport to ensure that the movement and treatment like medications of horses is tracked so that medicated horses are not consumed by humans