The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006
This Order provides that the appointed day for the coming into force of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the Act”) except sections 53 to 55 (which came into force on Royal Assent) and those sections specified in article 2(a) and (b) is 6th October 2006. Article 3 provides that schedule 2 paragraph 9(d) is commenced only for the purpose of the repeal of section 3 (pets not to be sold to children under twelve years of age) of the Pet Animals Act 1951.