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Animal Welfare Act 2006

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(1)Subject to the following provisions, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

(2)Sections 46 to 50 and 68(2) extend to Scotland only.

(3)The following provisions also extend to Scotland—

(a)sections 57 and 60(1) and (4) to (7), so far as relating to sections 46 to 50,

(b)section 61(1), so far as relating to sections 66 and 68,

(c)section 66(1) and (2), this section and sections 68(1), (3) and (4) and 69,

(d)paragraphs 2, 12 and 14 of Schedule 3, and section 64 so far as relating to them, and

(e)such of the repeals in Schedule 4 as are mentioned in subsection (4), and section 65 so far as relating to them.

(4)The repeals referred to are—

(a)in section 1(3) of the Protection of Animals Act 1934 (c. 21), the provision about the meaning of “horse” and “bull”;

(b)in the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 40)—

(i)in section 1(1), the words “the Protection of Animals Act 1911 or”, and

(ii)in section 4(1)(a), the words from “, in relation to England” to “in relation to Scotland,”;

(c)in the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954 (c. 46), section 2(2) and Part 1 of Schedule 2;

(d)in the Abandonment of Animals Act 1960 (c. 43)—

(i)section 2(a), and

(ii)in section 3(2), the words “the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 to 1960, or” and the words “, as the case may be”;

(e)in section 4(2) of the Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act 1962 (c. 26), the words from “and the Protection of Animals Acts 1911” to “and this Act”;

(f)in the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1964 (c. 39), section 2(1)(a);

(g)in the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c. 34)—

(i)section 7(3), and

(ii)in section 8(5), the words “the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 to 1964 or”.

(5)The following provisions also extend to Northern Ireland—

(a)section 61(1), so far as relating to sections 66 and 68,

(b)section 66(1) and (2), this section and sections 68(1), (3) and (4) and 69, and

(c)paragraphs 12 and 14 of Schedule 3, and section 64 so far as relating to them.

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