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Slaughterhouses Act 1974
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- s. 4(2) excluded by SI 1975/1023 art. 4A(1) (as inserted) by S.I. 2012/1957 art. 3
- s. 20(4) words substituted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 26 para. 23(2)
- s. 21(1) words substituted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 26 para. 23(3)
- s. 23(2)(a) words substituted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 26 para. 23(4)
- s. 38(5) words repealed by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 27 para. 4 Sch. 37 Pt. 9
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 4(3)(a) excluded by SI 1975/1023 art. 4A(2) (as inserted) by S.I. 2012/1957 art. 3
- s. 4(3)(b) excluded by SI 1975/1023 art. 4A(3) (as inserted) by S.I. 2012/1957 art. 3
- s. 4(5A) inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 32 para. 158
SCHEDULES
F1F1 SCHEDULE 1E+W
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 repealed (1.4.1995) by S. I. 1995/731, reg. 28(1), Sch. 13
F2F2 SCHEDULE 2E+W
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Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 repealed (1.4.1995) by S. I. 1995/731, reg. 28(1), Sch. 13
Section 46.
SCHEDULE 3E+W Consequential Amendments
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), s. 134, Sch. 11
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 3 para. 2 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, S. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.II.
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Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 3 para. 3 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), Sch. 8
4E+WIn section 1(2) of the M1Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967, for the words “the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “the Slaughterhouses Act 1974”, and in section 1(4) of that Act for the word “1958” there shall be substituted the word “1974”.
Marginal Citations
5E+WIn section 10(1) of the Firearms Act 1968, for the words “section 3 of the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “section 39 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974”.
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 3 para. 6 repealed by Local Government Act 1974 (c. 7), Sch. 8
F7F7SCHEDULE 4E+W
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Textual Amendments
F7Sch. 4 repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), s. 134, Sch. 11
SCHEDULE 5E+W Transitional Provisions and Savings
1(1)In so far as anything done or having effect as if done under or in pursuance of any of the enactments repealed by this Act (in this Schedule referred to as “the repealed enactments”) could have been done under or in pursuance of a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal but shall have effect as if done under or in pursuance of that provision; and anything begun under any of the repealed enactments may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act as if begun under that provision.E+W
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above applies in particular to any order, regulation, byelaw, application, determination, decision or agreement made, licence or authorisation granted or renewed, notice, consent or approval given, requirement imposed, warrant issued or inquiry held.
2E+WWithout prejudice to any express amendment made by this Act, where any enactment or document refers, either expressly or by implication, to any of the repealed enactments, the reference shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.
3E+WWhere any period of time specified in any of the repealed enactments is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.
4(1)Nothing in this Act shall affect the repealed enactments in their operation in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Act.E+W
(2)Where an offence, for the continuance of which a penalty was provided, has been committed under any of the repealed enactments, proceedings may be taken under this Act in respect of the continuance of the offence after the commencement of this Act, in the same manner as if the offence had been committed under the corresponding provision of this Act.
5E+WWithout prejudice to paragraph 1 above, any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted to be done, or to an event which has occurred, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the corresponding thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted, or to the corresponding event which occurred as the case may be, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of the corresponding provisions of the repealed enactments and of the enactments repealed by those enactments.
6E+WNothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section 84 of the M2London Government Act 1963 (supplemental and transitional provision) or section 254 of the M3Local Government Act 1972 (consequential and supplementary provision) or any order made under either of those sections; and the definitions of “local authority” in sections 27 and 45 above shall have effect—
(a)in relation to any time before 1st April 1965, as if they included a reference to the council of a metropolitan borough; and
(b)in relation to any time before 1st April 1974, as if they included references to the council of a county or non-county borough and to the council of an urban or rural district.
7E+WNothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section 79 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 (special provisions as to the compensation payable under a local Act where the use of a slaughterhouse is rendered unlawful by the provision of a public slaughterhouse) in relation to any slaughterhouse the use of which was rendered unlawful before 1st January 1974 (the date on which section 5(3) of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 came into force).
Section 47.
SCHEDULE 6E+W Repeals
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of Sch. 6 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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