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UK Law Reference
All sections of Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024
2024 c. 11, s.4

Section 4 — Enforcement regulations: procedure etc

Extent: E+W+S

This version in force from 2024-05-20

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) Enforcement regulations may make—

(a) different provision for different purposes or areas;

(b) consequential, incidental, supplementary, transitional or saving provision.

(2) A power of the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers to make enforcement regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument (and for enforcement regulations made by the Scottish Ministers, see section 27 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (Scottish statutory instruments)).

(3) The Secretary of State may not make a statutory instrument containing enforcement regulations unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(4) The Welsh Ministers may not make a statutory instrument containing enforcement regulations unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.

(5) Enforcement regulations made by the Scottish Ministers are subject to the affirmative procedure (see section 29 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010).