SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1932

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SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1932 - SECT 1



1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an animal shall not be
slaughtered in a slaughter-house or knacker's yard except in accordance with
the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section, and it shall be the duty of
the local authority to enforce the provisions of this Act within their
district.

[(2) Where an animal within the meaning of this Act is to be slaughtered it
shall in accordance with the provisions of this section

(i)be instantaneously slaughtered; or

(ii)by stunning, be instantaneously rendered insensible to pain until death
supervenes; or

<(iii)by the use of any other humane method approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, be rendered insensible to pain until death supervenes.


(2A) The slaughtering or stunning of an animal as required by paragraph (i) or
paragraph (ii) of sub-section (2) of this section shall be effected by a
person who is at the time the holder of a licence issued by the local
authority under section two of this Act, and shall be so effected by means of
a mechanically-operated instrument in proper repair and of a type approved by
the local authority.

(2B) The rendering insensible to pain of an animal as required by paragraph
(iii) of sub-section (2) of this section shall be effected on behalf of a
person who is at the time the holder of a permit issued by the Ministry of
Agriculture under this sub-section on notice to the appropriate local
authority and shall be so effected in accordance with and subject to any
directions given by or on behalf of the Ministry and the Ministry may at any
time suspend or revoke any permit issued by it for the purposes of this
sub-section.]

(3) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with or causes or permits any
contravention or non-compliance with any of the provisions of this section, or
attempts to slaughter an animal in a slaughter-house or knacker's yard
otherwise than in accordance with the said provisions (where the same apply),
he shall be liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction to a fine
not exceeding [#20] or on a second conviction to a fine not exceeding [#50] or
on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two
months or to a fine not exceeding [#50], or to both such imprisonment and
fine.

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SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1932 - SECT 1