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Mink Keeping (Wales) Order 2000 (S.I. No. 3340 (W. 218)).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Ranching/captive breeding Inspection Animal production Animal by-products
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force on 1 January 2001.
Abstract

This Order concerns the application of provisions of the section 2 of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932. Article 2contains a definition of "mink". Article 3 prohibits the keeping of mink except under licence. Subject to the exceptions made by article 4 of this order, the provisions of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 continue to apply in Wales to mink until this Order ceases to have effect on 1stJanuary 2004. These exceptions 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