Slaughter of Animals Act 1958

Slaughter of Animals Act 1958[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the slaughter of animals.
Citation7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 8
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent18 December 1958
Commencement18 January 1959[c]
Repealed1 April 1974
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed bySlaughterhouses Act 1974
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Slaughter of Animals Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 8) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to the slaughter of animals in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 12(1) of the act repealed 4 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 39 Slaughter of Animals Act 1933 The whole act.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 27 Slaughter of Animals (Pigs) Act 1953 The whole act.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 59 Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 Sections two to nine. In section ten, subsection (2). In section eleven, subsection (2). In section twelve, subsection (2). The First Schedule. In the Second Schedule, in Part I, the entries relating to the Slaughter of Animals Act 1933.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 70 Slaughterhouses Act 1958 Section eight. In section nine, in subsection (1), the words "or by virtue of". In section thirteen, the proviso to subsection (1). The Second Schedule.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 47(2) of, and schedule 6 to, the Slaughterhouses Act 1974, which came into operation on 1 April 1974.[3]

Section 12(1) of, and schedule 3 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 13(1).
  2. ↑ Section 13(2).
  3. ↑ Section 13(3).

References

  1. ↑ Radford, Mike (2001). Animal Welfare Law in Britain: Regulation and Responsibility. Oxford University Press.
  2. ↑ "Slaughter of Animals Act 1958", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/7-8 c. 8
  3. ↑ "Slaughterhouses Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 3
  4. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
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