Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970

1970 Chapter 20

An Act to enable provision to be made for agricultural training; to amend or repeal certain enactments relating to noxious weeds, diseases of bees and animals, agricultural marketing, seeds and loans for agricultural and fishery development; to make further provision in connection with the dehorning of cattle; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

S.1 inserts s.5(2A)(2B) in 1949 c.2 (NI).

S.2 rep. by 1977 NI 1

S.3 rep. by 1980 NI 7

Ss.4, 5 rep. by 1981 NI 22.

S.6 rep. by 1975 NI 3

S.7 amends ss.1, 3, 6, 16, 22 of 1962 c.13 (NI).

Ss.8, 9 rep. in relation to the Milk Marketing Board (SR 1989/47) and the Pigs Marketing Board (SR 1984/422) by 1982 NI 12

S.10 amends ss.1, 2 of 1965 c.22 (NI).

S.11 amends ss.6, 7 of 1968 c.21 (NI)

Dehorning of cattle

12Prohibition of exposure for sale, etc., of cattle recently dehorned.

1

Cattle bearing unhealed wounds which appear to have resulted from the removal of their horns shall not be—

a

exposed for sale in any market or fair or sale-yard or other public or private place where animals are commonly offered or exposed for sale; or

b

brought to any slaughter-house.

2

If subsection (1) is contravened with respect to any cattle, the owner of the cattle shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceedingF1 level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.

3

In this section—

  • “cattle” means bulls, cows, bullocks, heifers, calves, steers or oxen;

  • “slaughter-house” means any building, premises or place used in connection with the business of killing animals for the purpose of the flesh being used for human consumption.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

General

S.13 rep. by SLR 1976

14Short title and commencement.

1

This Act may be cited as the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1970.

2

Commencement