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Mink Keeping (England) Order 2000 (S.I. No. 3402 of 2000).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
England
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal production Authorization/permit Ranching/captive breeding
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Order will come into force on 1 January 2001 and ceases to have effect on 1 January 2004.
Abstract

This Order prohibits absolutely the keeping of mink on off-shore islands of England other than the Isle of Wight and prohibits the keeping of mink in the remainder of England except under licence. Subject to the exceptions and modifications made by article 4, the provisions of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 are renewed to apply in England to mink until this Order ceases to have effect. These exceptions and modifications relate to the duty on occupiers of land to give notice of the presence on their land of mink not kept under a licence.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Mink Keeping (Prohibition) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 100 of 2004).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2004

Keyword: Animal production, Authorization/permit, Ranching/captive breeding

Source: FAO, FAOLEX