Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 2: Regulations about enforcement of section 1
Subsection (1) of this section empowers the appropriate national authority (the Secretary of State, Scottish Ministers or Welsh Ministers) to make regulations to provide for the enforcement of the prohibition on the export of live animals for slaughter. Subsections (2) and (3) provide non-exhaustive lists of what these regulations may cover, which include powers of entry, seizure or detention, the creation of criminal offences and the imposition of civil sanctions.
	Subsection (4) permits the enforcement regulations to confer a power of entry in relation to a private dwelling without the consent of the occupier or with the use of reasonable force only if the power is exercised under the authority of a warrant.
	Subsection (5) clarifies the scope of the power in subsection (4) of section 3 to make provision for the imposition of civil sanctions in regulations relating to the enforcement of section 1.
	Subsection (6) clarifies the scope of criminal offences that can be created in relation to regulations made under subsection (1).