Slaughterhouses Act 1974
Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (1974 c. 3)
- Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (1974 c. 3)
- Part I Slaughterhouses and Knackers’ Yards
- Licensing of private slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards
- 1 Slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards to be licensed.
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- 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 4 Knacker’s yard licences and applications for such licences.
- 5 Notification of refusal of licence.
- 6 Appeals against refusal of licence.
- 7 Right to continue to use premises pending appeal.
- 8 Effect of court’s decision.
- 9 Duration of licences.
- 10 Temporary continuance of licence on death.
- Regulation of private slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 12 Byelaws about slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards.
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- Restriction of private slaughterhouses
- 14 Restriction of slaughterhouses only by agreement.
- Provision and management of public slaughterhouses
- 15 Power to provide public slaughterhouses.
- 16 Management of public slaughterhouses.
- 17 Charges in respect of public slaughterhouses.
- 18 Power to provide cold stores and refrigerators for public slaughterhouses.
- Enforcement and legal proceedings
- 19 Execution and enforcement of Part I.
- 20 Powers of entry.
- 21 Obstruction.
- 22 Institution of proceedings by local authorities.
- 23 Prosecution and punishment of offences.
- 24 Offences by corporations.
- 25 Contravention due to default of some other person.
- 26 Appeals to Crown Court.
- Miscellaneous and supplemental
- 27 Local authorities for purposes of Part I.
- 28 Port health authorities and joint boards.
- 29 Protection for local government officers acting in good faith.
- 30 Power of compulsory purchase of land.
- 31 Local inquiries.
- 32 Incorporation of certain provisions of Public Health Act 1936.
- 33 Application to Crown.
- 34 Interpretation of Part I.
- 35 Saving for port slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards.
- Part II Slaughter of Animals
- Provisions as to slaughter
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- 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 38 Regulations for securing humane conditions of slaughter in slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards.
- Licensing of slaughtermen
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- 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Enforcement and legal proceedings
- 41(1). Execution and enforcement Part II.
- 41A Codes of practice.
- 42 Powers of entry.
- 43 Prosecution and punishment of offences.
- Supplemental
- 44 Regulations.
- 45 Interpretation of Part II.
- Part III Miscellaneous and General
- 46 Consequential and other amendments.
- 47 Transitional provisions, savings and repeals.
- 48 Short title, construction, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- Membership
- Supplementary provisions
- SCHEDULE 3 Consequential Amendments
- SCHEDULE 5 Transitional Provisions and Savings
- SCHEDULE 6 Repeals
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