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5. For regulation 5 (persons who may carry out permitted procedures) substitute—
“5.—(1) Any procedure permitted under regulation 3 to which the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966(1) or the Veterinary Surgeons (Exemptions) Order 1962(2) applies, with the exception of the procedures referred to in paragraph (2), may only be carried out by a person permitted to carry it out under that legislation.
(2) Tail docking, or castration, of pigs may only be carried out by a veterinary surgeon or, where the animal is aged not more than 7 days, by a person experienced in performing the techniques involved and who is either a person responsible for the animal or a person employed or engaged by such a person to attend to the animal.”.
1966 c. 36; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/526, 1991/1412, 2002/1479.
S.I. 1962/2557; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/1627, 2002/1646.
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