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Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 4 Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
(1) The Secretary of State must establish and maintain a committee called the Animal Sentience Committee.(2) The members of the Committee are to be appointed by the Secretary of State.(3) The appointment of a person to the Committee is to be on such terms as the Secretary of State may determine when making the appointment.(1) When any government policy is being or has been formulated or implemented, the Animal Sentience Committee may produce a report containing its views on the question in subsection (2) .(2) The question is whether, or to what extent, the government is having, or has had, all due regard to the ways in which the policy might have an adverse effect on the welfare of animals as sentient beings.(3) The report may also contain recommendations as to the steps the Committee considers the government should take for the purpose in subsection (4) .(4) The purpose is that of ensuring that, in any further formulation or implementation of the policy, the government has all due regard to the ways in which the policy might have an adverse effect on the welfare of animals as sentient beings.(5) Recommendations made by the Committee must respect legislative or administrative provisions and customs relating in particular to religious rites, cultural traditions and regional heritage.(6) A report under this section must be published in such manner as the Committee thinks appropriate.(7) References in this section to government policy are to policy of the government of the United Kingdom, but do not include any policy if, or to the extent that, the policy relates to legislative provision falling within devolved competence.the provision would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament if contained in an Act of that Parliament,the provision would be within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru if contained in Act of the Senedd (including any provision that could only be made with the consent of a Minister of the Crown) , andthe provision would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly if contained in an Act of that Assembly made without the Secretary of State’s consent.

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