GUERNSEY is a step closer to having an animal welfare law. Yesterday morning, it was registered in the Royal Court after having been referred back by the Privy Council.

Campaigner Enid Campbell-White (pictured), who has been pushing for a law, said she was delighted.

‘I feel absolutely elated,’ she said. ‘We have waited so long.’

Mrs Campbell-White will soon be meeting Commerce and Employment to discuss the appointment of an inspector to oversee the law.

The legislation means that people who set up a cattery or kennel will be given a licence. If they are found to be not looking after the animals in their care, the inspector has the right to revoke the licence.

‘We’ve not had this before and it’s a very good thing to have this law,’ she said. ‘Appointing an inspector will be quite a difficult thing to do. I do not think the animal charities should be involved at all because it would not be fair to either of them.’