If there are already existing animal welfare laws in place why is new animal welfare legislation required?
Since the Protection of Animals Act 1911 has been amended 9 times, there was general agreement that the legislation needed to be consolidated into one piece of legislation. The Animal Welfare Act was also introduced to bring existing legislation up-to-date and make it easier to ensure prosecutions could occur. • What will happen to the existing animal welfare legislation? Most existing animal welfare legislation will be replaced by the Animal Welfare Act. Schedule 4 of the Act details exactly what legislation will be repealed. • When does the new animal welfare legislation come into effect? The new legislation will come into force from 6 April 2007. • Will all the powers of this new legislation come into force at the same time? No. Certain parts of the legislation will come into force quite some time after April 2007. Since the Government designed the Act to be an enabling piece of legislation it allows for regulations relating to it to be passed at a later date. • Will the Animal Welf
