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WELFARE OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 31

Financial provision.

31.Subs.(1), with Schedule 2, effects repeals

(2) This Act may be cited as the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland)
1972.

(3) Commencement

1. Any experiment duly authorised under the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876.

2. The making of injections or extractions by means of a hollow needle.

3. The rendering in emergency of first aid for the purpose of saving life or
relieving pain.

4. Any minor operation performed by a veterinary surgeon, being an operation
which by reason of its quickness or painlessness is customarily so performed
without the use of an anaesthetic.

5. Any minor operation, whether performed by a veterinary surgeon or by some
other person, being an operation which is not customarily performed only by
such a surgeon.

6. Tail docking

(i)in the case of dogs, before their eyes are open;

(ii)in the case of pigs, before the fourth day of life;

(iii)in the case of lambs either

(a)by the application of a rubber ring or other constricting device before the
second week of life; or

(b)by any other means before the age of three months.

7. Castration

(i)by the application of a rubber ring or other constricting device to a calf,
goat, pig or lamb before the second week of life;

(ii)by any other means, of a calf, goat, pig or lamb before the age of three
months.

8. The disbudding of calves by chemical cauterisation applied before the
second week of life or by electro-thermal cautery applied before the fourth
week of life.

9. The amputation of the dew claws of a dog before its eyes are open.

Schedule 2Repeals$$#


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