Deregulation (Slaughterhouses Act 1974 and Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980) Order 1996

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1996/2235

1996 No. 2235

DEREGULATION

The Deregulation (Slaughterhouses Act 1974 and Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980) Order 1996

Made 28th August 1996

Coming into force 11th September 1996

Whereas:

(a) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to the Slaughterhouses Act 19741are, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 19802is, of the opinion that certain provisions of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 and of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 impose burdens affecting persons in the carrying on of a trade, business, profession or otherwise and that by amending or repealing the provisions concerned and by making certain other provision it is possible to remove or reduce the burdens without removing any necessary protection;

(b) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland have consulted such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by their proposals and such other persons as they consider appropriate;

(c) it appears to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland that it is appropriate, following that consultation, to proceed with the making of this Order;

(d) a document setting out proposals of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland has been laid before Parliament as required by section 3 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 19943and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 4 of that Act has expired;

(e) the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland have had regard to the representations made during that period;

(f) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament with a statement giving details of such representations and the changes to the proposals of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland in the light of those representations; and

(g) a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament,

Now, therefore, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to the Slaughterhouses Act 1974, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, hereby make the following Order:

1 INTRODUCTORY

PART I

INTRODUCTORY

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Deregulation (Slaughterhouses Act 1974 and Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.

2 SLAUGHTERHOUSES ACT 1974

PART II

SLAUGHTERHOUSES ACT 1974

S-2 Repeal of slaughterhouse licensing under section 1

Repeal of slaughterhouse licensing under section 1

2.—(1) Section 1 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (which requires slaughterhouses and knackers' yards to be licensed) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (which penalises the use of premises as a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard unless the occupier is licensed for the purpose)—

(a)

(a) in paragraph (a), the words “slaughterhouse or” and “a slaughterhouse or, as the case may be,” shall be omitted; and

(b)

(b) in paragraph (b), the words “slaughterhouse or” shall be omitted.

(3) In subsection (3) (separate licensing of certain premises used for the confinement of animals awaiting slaughter in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard) the words “slaughterhouse or” shall be omitted.

S-3 Repeal of powers to make byelaws about slaughterhouses

Repeal of powers to make byelaws about slaughterhouses

3.—(1) In section 12(1)(a) of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (which enables a local authority to make byelaws for securing that slaughterhouses and knackers' yards are kept in a sanitary condition and properly managed) the words “slaughterhouses and” shall be omitted.

(2) In section 16(1) of that Act (powers of local authority in relation to a slaughterhouse provided by it) paragraph (a) (power to make byelaws for securing that the slaughterhouse is kept in a sanitary condition and properly managed) shall cease to have effect.

S-4 Repeal of duty to display signs at slaughterhouses and knackers' yards

Repeal of duty to display signs at slaughterhouses and knackers' yards

4. Section 13 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (duty of occupier of licensed slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard to display sign indicating nature of the premises) shall cease to have effect.

S-5 Consequential amendments

Consequential amendments

5.—(1) In section 4(5) of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (power of local authority to require information about past or present licences under section 1 of the Act on an application for a knacker’s yard licence)—

(a)

(a) after “other licence” there shall be inserted “which he has held”;

(b)

(b) for “knacker’s yard which he holds or has held” there shall be substituted “which he holds or has held in respect of a knacker’s yard”; and

(c)

(c) after “another local authority” there shall be inserted “, or as to any slaughterhouse licence which he holds or has held”.

(2) After section 4(5) of that Act there shall be inserted—

S-6

“6 In subsection (5) above, “slaughterhouse licence” means a licence issued under regulations made by virtue of section 19(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 19904for the use of any premises as a slaughterhouse.”.

(3) In section 14 of that Act (exception of licensed slaughterhouses from restrictions in local legislation) the existing provision shall become subsection (1), and after that subsection there shall be inserted—

S-2

“2 In this section, “slaughterhouse licence” means a licence issued under regulations made by virtue of section 19(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 for the use of any premises as a slaughterhouse”.

(4) In section 15(5) of the Act, for “sections 1 to 14” there shall be substituted “section 14”.

3 SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1980

PART III

SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1980

S-6 Repeal of slaughterhouse registration under section 4

Repeal of slaughterhouse registration under section 4

6. Section 4 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (requirement for registration in respect of private slaughterhouses) shall cease to have effect.

S-7 Repeal of powers to make byelaws about slaughterhouses

Repeal of powers to make byelaws about slaughterhouses

7. Section 8 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (which enables a local authority to make...

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