S.I. No. 105/2007 - European Communities (Welfare of Laying Hens) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Welfare of laying hens) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.

2. The European Communities (Welfare of laying hens) Regulations 2002 (

S.I. No. 98 of 2002

) are amended—

(

a

) in Regulation 2(1), by the substitution for the definition of “Commission Directive”, of—

“ ‘Commission Directive’ means Commission Directive No. 2002/4/EC of 30 January 2002 as amended by Commission Directive No. 2006/83/EC of 23 October 2006;”, and

(

b

) in Regulation 4(8)(

b

), by the substitution for “54” of “45”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

6 March 2007

MARY COUGHLAN

Minister for Agriculture and Food

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Welfare of laying hens) Regulations 2002.

1 O.J. No. L 362 of 20.12.2006, p. 97.

S.I. No. 105 of 2007

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (WELFARE OF LAYING HENS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th March

, 2007.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 2006/83/EC of 23 October 2006

1

, hereby make the following regulations-