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Consultation Letter

To all organisations on the attached list

Dear Sir/Madam

The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006:
Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Prohibited Procedures (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

I am writing to invite comments on the enclosed consultation document regarding amendments to the above Regulations which address the following issues:

• Artificial breeding techniques
• Wing-tagging of birds for conservation purposes
• Wing-tagging of poultry for breeding purposes

The purpose of the consultation is to seek views on proposed changes to the Schedules. It will, therefore, help us improve the quality of the policy proposals and outcomes through evidence-based input from a range of stakeholders. Comments are welcome on any part of the consultation document. In particular, I would like to hear your views on the key questions set out in each section. We wish to identify expected benefits/risks and the potential costs to industry - especially those costs that might fall on small businesses.

It should be noted that this consultation lasts 8 weeks only as the amendments are of a technical nature and are likely to be of interest to a limited number of stakeholders. It is important to have the amended regulations in place by the time of the next breeding season (and to allow the wing tagging of young birds involved in re-introduction programmes). In addition the consultation on the original Regulations was carried out between 16 October 2006 and 5 January 2007.

Comments on the proposals should be sent to the address below by 28 February 2008. I would be grateful if you would clearly indicate in your response which questions or parts of the consultation document you are responding to, as this will aid the analysis of the responses. We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Please complete and return the Respondee Information Form (only required if you are providing a response to the consultation document) as this will ensure that we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published, we will regard it as confidential and we will treat it accordingly. All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. We would therefore have to consider any request made under the Act for information relating to this consultation exercise.

Responses should be sent to:

Iain Holt

By e-mail to animal.health@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
By fax to 0131 244 6616

If you have any queries about this consultation please e-mail or fax us as above, or call 0131 244 6479. Please let us know if you think anyone else should be consulted or feel free to pass this consultation on to other interested parties.

If you would like further copies of this consultation, or this document in an alternative format, such as large print, Braille, audiotape or disc, or in a community language please use the contact details above. I expect most respondents will find it easier to send in a written response, but if you would find it easier to respond in some other way (such as by telephone, audiotape or at a meeting) please contact as above to make the necessary arrangements.

This consultation, and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises, can be viewed at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations. You can telephone Freephone 0800 77 1234 to find out the location of your nearest Public Internet Access Point.

The Scottish Government now has an e-mail alert system for consultations (SEconsult). This system allows stakeholder individuals and organisations to register and receive a weekly e-mail containing details of all new consultations (including web links). SEconsult complements, but in no way replaces SE distribution lists, and is designed to allow stakeholders to keep up-to-date with all SE consultation activity, and therefore be alerted at the earliest opportunity to those of most interest. I would encourage you to register.

Consultation is an essential and important aspect of Scottish Government working methods. Given the wide-ranging areas of work of the Scottish Government, there are many varied types of consultation. In general, however, consultation exercises aim to provide opportunities for all those who wish to express their opinions on a proposed area of work, to do so in ways which will inform and enhance that work. While details of particular circumstances described in a response to a consultation exercise may usefully inform the policy process, consultation exercises cannot address individual concerns and comments, which should be directed to the relevant public body.

The views and suggestions detailed in consultation responses are analysed and used as part of the decision making process. Depending on the nature of the consultation exercise, the responses received may:

• Indicate the need for policy development or review;
• Inform the development of a particular policy;
• Help decisions to be made between alternative policy proposals; and
• Be used to finalise legislation before it is implemented.

Where respondees have given permission for their response to be made public (via the Respondee Information Form) these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library by the end of March 2008. All responses, where agreement to publish has been given, will be checked for any potentially defamatory material before being logged in the library or placed on the website. The library is located at Saughton House, (K Spur) Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD and you can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the SG Library on 0131 244 4565. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to the response address above.

Yours faithfully,

Ian W Strachan
Head of Animal Welfare Team

Organisations

Aberdeen City Council, Chief Executive
Aberdeen City Council, Environmental Health
Aberdeenshire Council, Chief Executive
Aberdeenshire Council, Environmental Health
Action of Churches Together in Scotland ( ACTS)
Advocates for Animals
Angus & Kincardineshire Canine Association
Angus Council, Chief Executive
Angus Council, Environmental & Consumer Protection
Angus Council, Environmental & Consumer Protection
Animal Aid
Animal Concern
Animal Health - Ayr
Animal Health - Galashiels
Animal Health - Inverness
Animal Health - Inverurie
Animal Health - Perth
Animal Health Trust
Animal Protection Agency
Animal Welfare Trust
Argyll & Bute Council, Chief Executive
Argyll & Bute Council, Environmental Health
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
Aviagen Limited

BASC Scotland
Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association
Bluefaced Leicester Sheepbreeders Association
British Deer Society, Perthshire
British Equine Veterinary Association (Ely)
British Falconers Club (Scottish Branch)
British Horse Society Scotland
British Poultry Council
British School of Falconry
British Small Animal Veterinary Association
British Society of Animal Protection
British Society of Animal Science
British Veterinary Association
British Veterinary Association (Scottish Branch)
British Zoo Veterinary Society

Captive Animals' Protection Society ( CAPS)
Catholic Parliamentary Office
Central Scotland Police
Central Scotland Police
Church of Scotland
City of Edinburgh Council, Chief Executive
City of Edinburgh Council, Environmental Health
Clackmannanshire Council, Chief Executive
Clackmannanshire Council, Development
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Chief Executive
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Health
Companion Animal Welfare Council
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities ( COSLA)

Deans Foods Ltd
Deben Group Industries
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies
Dumfries & Galloway Council, Chief Executive
Dumfries & Galloway Council, Environmental Health
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
Dundee City Council, Chief Executive
Dundee City Council, Environmental & Trading

East Ayrshire Council
East Ayrshire Council, Chief Executive
East Dunbartonshire Council, Chief Executive
East Dunbartonshire Council, Consumer Services
East Dunbartonshire Council, Environmental Health
East Lothian Council, Chief Executive
East Lothian Council, Environmental Health
East Renfrewshire Council, Chief Executive
East Renfrewshire Council, Environment
Edinburgh Zoo
Elspeth Attwooll MEP

Faculty of Advocates
Falkirk Council, Chief Executive
Falkirk Council, Environmental Health
Farm Animal Welfare Council
Federation of Zoological Gardens of G B & Ireland
Fife Constabulary
Fife Council, Chief Executive
Fife Council, Trading Standards

Glasgow City Council, Chief Executive
Glasgow City Council, Environmental Protection
Grampian Pig Producers Ltd
Grampian Police
Grampian Police

Health and Safety Executive
Highland Council, Chief Executive
Highland Council, TEC Services

International League for the Protection of Horses
International Otter Survival Fund
International Zoo Veterinary Group
Inverclyde Council, Chief Executive
Inverclyde Council, Environmental & Consumer

LACORS/ COSLA
Law Society of Scotland
Lothian and Borders Police
Lothian and Borders Police

MacDonald, Margo MSP
Martin, David MEP
Midlothian Council, Chief Executive
Midlothian Council, Environmental Health
Miller, Bill MEP
Moray Council, Chief Executive
Moray Council, Environmental Health

National Sheep Association
Neil, Alex MSP
NFU Scotland
North Ayrshire Council, Chief Executive
North Ayrshire Council, Trading Standards
North Lanarkshire Council, Chief Executive
North Lanarkshire Council, Planning & Environ.
Northern Constabulary
Northern Constabulary
Northern Constabulary, Orkney Area Command

Orkney Islands Council, Chief Executive
Orkney Islands Council, Environmental Health

People's Dispensary for Sick Animals ( PDSA)
Perth & Kinross Council, Chief Executive
Perth & Kinross Council, Environment Service
Perth & Kinross Council, Trading Standards
Purvis, John MEP

Quality Meat Scotland

Renfrewshire Council, Chief Executive
Renfrewshire Council, Public & Environmental
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Royal (Dick) Veterinary School
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB)
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Scotch Mule Association
Scottish Agricultural College
Scottish Agricultural College Veterinary Services
Scottish Beef Cattle Association
Scottish Borders Council, Chief Executive
Scottish Borders Council, Trading Standards
Scottish Churches Parliament Office
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Consumer Council
Scottish Countryside Alliance
Scottish Equestrian Association
Scottish Equine Association
Scottish Gamekeepers Association
Scottish Government - Ayr
Scottish Government - Benbecula
Scottish Government - Dumfries
Scottish Government - Elgin
Scottish Government - Galashiels
Scottish Government - Hamilton
Scottish Government - Inverness
Scottish Government - Inverurie
Scottish Government - Kirkwall
Scottish Government - Lairg
Scottish Government - Lerwick
Scottish Government - Oban
Scottish Government - Perth
Scottish Government - Portree
Scottish Government - Stornoway
Scottish Government - Thurso
Scottish Government Library (2 copies)
Scottish Government Veterinary Division
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Inter Faith Council
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Scottish National Party
Scottish Parliament Environment and Rural
Scottish Parliament European Committee
Scottish Police Federation
Scottish Rural Property Business Association
Scottish Socialist Party
Scottish SPCA
Scottish SPCA - Glasgow
Scottish SPCA Glasgow Dog and Cat Home
Sheep Veterinary Society
Shetland Islands Council, Chief Executive
Shetland Islands Council, Environmental Health
Society for Companion Animal Studies
Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland
South Ayrshire Council, Chief Executive
South Ayrshire Council, Environmental Health
South Ayrshire Council, Trading Standards
South Lanarkshire Council, Chief Executive
South Lanarkshire Council, Consumer &
SPICe (5 Copies)
Stihler, Catherine MEP
Stirling Council, Chief Executive
Stirling Council, Environmental Health
Strathclyde Police
Strathclyde Police

Tayside Police

University of Aberdeen, School of Law
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh, Hospital for Small
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow Veterinary School

Wallets Marts Castle Douglas Limited
West Dunbartonshire Council, Chief Executive
West Dunbartonshire Council, Environmental Service
West Lothian Council, Chief Executive
West Lothian Council, Environmental Health

Respondee Information Form

CONSULTATION ON PROCEDURES TO BE EXEMPTED UNDER SECTION 20(5) OF THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2006: THE PROHIBITED PROCEDURES (EXEMPTIONS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2007

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