Owning and Keeping of Dangerous Animals

L.N. 134 of 2025

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT

(CAP. 439)

Owning and Keeping of Dangerous Animals

(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 7(2) and 8 of

the Animal Welfare Act, the Minister responsible for veterinary

services has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Owning and Keeping of

Dangerous Animals (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2025 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Owning and

Keeping of Dangerous Animals Regulations, hereinafter referred to as

the "principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows

(a) immediately after the definition "Act" there shall be

added the following new definition

" "Animal Welfare Directorate" includes, to the extent

of the authority given, any person or authority authorised

by the Director to act on behalf of the Directorate for the

purposes of these regulations;";

(b) the definition "Director" shall be substituted by the

following new definition

" "Director" means the Director for Animal

Welfare;";

(c) the definition "Veterinary Services Directorate" shall

be deleted.

Paragraph (k) of regulation 10A of the principal regulations

shall be substituted by the following new paragraph

"(k) the Animal Welfare Directorate may establish other

conditions which shall be deemed necessary before these animals

are brought into Malta;".

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