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Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995

Animal rights and welfare

Animals

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2016-09-06

WELFARE OF ANIMALS

This Order amends Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 by reducing from 2 months to 4 weeks the maximum age at which a pig may be castrated without the use of an anaesthetic by any means other than a constricting device. This implements paragraph 3 of Part III of Chapter II to the Annex to Council Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (O.J. No. L340, 11.12.91, p. 33).