Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980

Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to slaughterhouses, knackers' yards and the slaughter of animals in Scotland.
Citation1980 c. 13
Territorial extent Scotland[b]
Dates
Royal assent20 March 1980
Commencement20 March 1980[c]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Status: Partially repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 13) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to slaughterhouses, knackers' yards and the slaughter of animals in Scotland.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 24(2) of the act repealed 6 enactments, listed in schedule 3 to the act.[1]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
60 & 61 Vict. c. 38 Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 Section 33.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 29 Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1928 The whole act.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 27 Slaughter of Animals (Pigs) Act 1953 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 42 Slaughterhouses Act 1954 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 59 Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 The whole act.
1972 c. 62 Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 Sections 6 and 7.
Schedules 1 and 2.

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 25(1).
  2. ↑ Section 25(2).
  3. ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.

References

  1. ↑ "Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1980 c. 13