Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022
AI-assisted research summary: This Act amends earlier animal welfare and forestry laws, bans certain fur or skin farming, provides for compensation in some mink fur-farming cases, gives the Minister power to make livestock mart licensing regulations, and makes related repeals and forestry scheme changes.
Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 Permanent Page URL View by Section Amharc de réir Ailt View Full Act Amharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRà arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Open PDF Oscail PDF Priontáil an tAcht Iomlán Previous Section Alt Roimhe Next Section An Chéad Alt Eile Priontáil an tAlt 2022 Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 PART 1 Preliminary and General 1. Short title and commencement 2. Definition PART 2 Amendment of Act of 2013 3. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2013 4. Amendment of section 39 of Act of 2013 5. Amendment of section 52 of Act of 2013 6. Repeal of Part 12 of Act of 2013 7. Prohibition on Fur or Skin Farming 8. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Act of 2013 PART 3 Amendment of Forestry Act 2014 9. Amendment of Forestry Act 2014 PART 4 10. Repeal Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15) Forestry Act 2014 (No. 31) Milk (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979 (No. 24) Musk Rats Act 1933 (No. 16) Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (No. 21) 2022 ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE AND FORESTRY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2022 An Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to provide for the prohibition of the breeding, rearing or keeping of specified animals solely or primarily for the value of, or the manufacture of products from, their fur or skin; to provide for a system of compensation to persons who before the coming into operation of the prohibition were engaged in the fur farming of mink pursuant to a licence under the Musk Rats Act 1933 ; to confer on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the power to make regulations for the purpose of licensing livestock marts; to repeal certain provisions of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 relating to the licensing of animal marts; to amend the Forestry Act 2014 to make provision for schemes to facilitate the planting of native tree areas; to repeal the Milk (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979 ; and to provide for related matters. [4th April, 2022] Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: