Hamburg Animal Disease Act Implementation Law.

The present Law implements the Federal Animal Disease Act, in its version, of 22 June 2004 (BGBl. I p. 3294, 3314). Article 1 establishes that the State Ministry competent for social affairs is responsible for the correct application of the above-mentioned Law. The text consists of 15 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: Implementation of provisions concerning animal diseases (I); Services by the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg (II); Special property – Animal Disease Fund (III); Penalties, final provisions (IV).