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An Act to repeal the Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1919 and to extend the provisions of the Protection of Animals Acts in relation to the performance of operations on animals |
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[30th July 1954]
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1 Use of anaesthetics in operations
on animals
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(1) If any operation
to which this section applies is performed on any animal without the use
of an anaesthetic so administered as to prevent any pain during the operation,
that operation shall be deemed for the purposes of the principal Act to
be an operation which is performed without due care and humanity.
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(2) This section
applies to any operation with or without the use of instruments which involves
interference with the sensitive tissues or the bone structure of an animal,
other than—
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(a) | the making of
injections or extractions by means of a hollow needle; or
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(b) | an operation
included in the First Schedule to this Act.
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(3) [The Minister
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food] and [the Secretary of State for Scotland
and the Secretary of State for Wales], acting jointly, may, after consultation
with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and with such persons appearing
to [those Ministers] to represent agricultural interests as may appear to
[those Ministers] appropriate, by order amend any of the ages specified
in paragraph 6 of the said First Schedule; and any order under this subsection—
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(a) | shall be made
by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance
of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and
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(b) | may be varied
or revoked by a subsequent order thereunder.
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(4) This Act shall
be construed as one with the principal Act, so, however, that in this Act
the expression “animal” shall not include a fowl or other bird, fish or
reptile.
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(5) In this section,
the expression “the principal Act” means—
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(a) | in relation to
England and Wales, the Protection of Animals Act 1911; and
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(b) | in relation to
Scotland, the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912;
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as amended by or under any other
enactment.
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Specified date Specified date: 1 September 1954: see s 2(6). |
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Amendment |
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Sub-s (3): first amendment made
by the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Food) Order 1955, SI 1955/554;
other amendments made by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No 1) Order
1978, SI 1978/272, art 11, Sch 5.
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Transfer of Functions |
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Functions of the Minister of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food and Secretary of State for Wales, so far as exercisable
in relation to Wales, transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, by
the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, SI 1999/672,
art 2, Sch 1.
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2 Citation, repeal, extent and
commencement
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(1) This Act may
be cited as the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954.
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(2) This Act and
the Acts specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act may be cited
together as the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 to 1954.
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(3) This Act and
the Acts specified in Part II of the said Second Schedule may be cited together
as the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Acts, 1912 to 1954.
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(4) . . .
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(5) This Act shall
not extend to Northern Ireland.
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(6) This Act shall
come into operation on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and
fifty-four.
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Specified date Specified date: 1 September 1954: see sub-s (6) above. |
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Amendment |
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Sub-s (4): repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974. |
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SCHEDULE
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EXCEPTED OPERATIONS Section 1
[Any procedure duly authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986]. The rendering in emergency of first aid for the purpose of saving life or relieving pain. The docking of the tail of a dog before its eyes are open. The amputation of the dew claws of a dog before its eyes are open. . . . |
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bull [2 months].
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6A
Any minor operation performed by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, being an operation which, by reason of its quickness or painlessness, is customarily so performed without the use of an anaesthetic. Any minor operation, whether performed by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner or by some other person, being an operation which is not customarily performed only by such a surgeon or practitioner. |
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Specified date Specified date: 1 September 1954: see s 2(6). |
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Amendment |
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Para 1: words in square brackets
substituted by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, s 27(2), Sch
3, para 3. Para 5: repealed by the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1964, s 1(1), (2). Para 6: substituted, together with para 6A for para 6 as originally enacted, by the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1964, s 1(1), (3); first words in square brackets substituted by SI 1982/1626, art 2; second words in square brackets substituted by SI 1994/2126, reg 8(2). Para 6A: substituted, together with para 6 for para 6 as originally enacted, by the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1964, s 1(1), (3). |
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SCHEDULE
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ACTS WHICH MAY BE CITED TOGETHER Section 2
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The Protection of Animals Act 1911.
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Specified date Specified date: 1 September 1954: see s 2(6). |
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The Protection of Animals (Scotland)
Act 1912.
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Specified date Specified date: 1 September 1954: see s 2(6). |
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