Slaughterhouses Act 1974

SCHEDULES

Section 36.

SCHEDULE 1 The Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim

Membership

1 The Rabbinical Commission for the licensing of Shochetim (in this Schedule referred to as " the Commission ") shall consist of a permanent chairman and nine other members,

2 The Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth shall, by virtue of his office, be the permanent chairman of the Commission.

3 Of the members of the Commission other than the permanent chairman—

(a) one, who shall be a vice-chairman, shall be appointed by the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue (London);

(b) three shall be appointed by the Beth Din appointed by the United Synagogue (London);

(c) two shall be appointed by the Federation of Synagogues (London);

(d) one shall be appointed by the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (London); and

(e) two shall be appointed by the president for the time being of the London committee of deputies of British Jews to represent provincial congregations.

Supplementary provisions

4 The functions of the Commission shall be exercisable notwithstanding any vacancy amongst the members thereof.

5 The quorum of the Commission shall be four.

Section 38.

SCHEDULE 2 Particular Matters to be dealt with by Regulations Under Section 38 Relating to Horses

1 Construction, equipment and lay-out of lairages, including provision of racks for fodder and supply of water.

2 Feeding and watering of horses pending slaughter.

3 Construction, equipment and lay-out of premises, rooms or compartments in which the slaughter takes place, and conditions to be observed therein at the time of slaughter.

4 Disposal of blood, offal and refuse.

5 Notices to be given and returns to be made to local authorities by persons carrying on business as slaughterers of horses, and records to be kept by such persons.

Section 46.

SCHEDULE 3 Consequential Amendments

1 In sections 8(4) and 12(2) of the [1955 c. 16 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2).] Food and Drugs Act 1955 for the words " Part IV of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " section 1 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 ".

2 In section 54(4) of the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963, for the words " the Food and Drugs Act 1955 and the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958 " there shall be substituted the words " and the Food and Drugs Act 1955 " and for the words " II and III" there shall be substituted the words " and II ".

3 In Schedule 3 to the [1966 c. 42.] Local Government Act 1966, in Part II, for the words " 28. Section 3(10) of the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958 " there shall be substituted the words " 28. Section 40(9) of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 ".

4 In section 1(2) of the [1967 c. 24.] Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967, for the words "the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958" there shall be substituted the words " the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 " , and in section 1(4) of that Act for the word " 1958 " there shall be substituted the word " 1974 ".

5 In section 10(1) of the [1968 c. 27.] Firearms Act 1968, for the words " section 3 of the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958 " there shall be substituted the words " section 39 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 ".

6 In section 259(3) of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972, after the word " 1955 " there shall be inserted the words " or in the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 ".

Section 46.

SCHEDULE 4 Amendments of the Food and Drugs Act 1955

1 There shall be added at the end of section 13 (regulations as to food hygiene) the following subsection—

“(9) If a person convicted of an offence against any regulations made under this section with respect to slaughterhouses or knackers' yards is the holder of a licence under section 1 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 in respect of the premises where the offence was committed, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, cancel the licence.”

2 There shall be added at the end of section 80 (power to provide cold stores and refrigerators) the following subsection—

“(4) Subsections (1) to (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (which relate to local inquiries) shall apply for the purposes of this section as if any reference in those subsections to that Act included a reference to this section.”

3 There shall be added at the end of section 103 (powers of entry of Minister's officers) the following subsection—

“(3) For the purposes of any regulations made under section 13 of this Act, this section and subsections (1) and (3) of section 105 shall have effect as if the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as well as the local authority were empowered to enforce those regulations so far as they apply to slaughterhouses and knackers' yards.”

4 There shall be inserted in section 123 (regulations, orders, etc.) after subsection (4) the following subsection—

“(4A) Without prejudice to any other power with respect thereto, any regulations made with respect to slaughterhouses or knackers' yards under section 13 of this Act may include provision for the regulations to come into force on different days fixed by, or by an order to be made by statutory instrument under, those regulations in respect of different classes or descriptions of premises and different areas, and for different provisions to come into force on different days.”

5 There shall be inserted in section 126 (expenses) after subsection (1) the following subsection—

“(1A) The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food may by regulations approved by the Treasury provide for the making by him of contributions towards expenses incurred by a local authority in carrying out at slaughterhouses their functions with respect to the inspection of meat prepared for sale for human consumption in cases where the Minister is satisfied that, by reason of the extent to which the meat appears to him to exceed in quantity what it appears to him should be regarded as required for consumption in the authority's district, those expenses impose an unduly heavy burden on the ratepayers of that district.”

Section 47.

SCHEDULE 5 Transitional Provisions and Savings

1 (1) In so far as anything done or having effect as if done under or in pursuance of any of the enactments repealed by this Act (in this Schedule referred to as " the repealed enactments ") could have been done under or in pursuance of a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeal but shall have effect as if done under or in pursuance of that provision; and anything begun under any of the repealed enactments may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act as if begun under that provision.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above applies in particular to any order, regulation, byelaw, application, determination, decision or agreement made, licence or authorisation granted or renewed, notice, consent or approval given, requirement imposed, warrant issued or inquiry held.

2 Without prejudice to any express amendment made by this Act, where any enactment or document refers, either expressly or by implication, to any of the repealed enactments, the reference shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

3 Where any period of time specified in any of the repealed enactments is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.

4 (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the repealed enactments in their operation in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Act.

(2) Where an offence, for the continuance of which a penalty was provided, has been committed under any of the repealed enactments, proceedings may be taken under this Act in respect of the continuance of the offence after the commencement of this Act, in the same manner as if the offence had been committed under the corresponding provision of this Act.

5 Without prejudice to paragraph 1 above, any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted to be done, or to an event which has occurred, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the corresponding thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted, or to the corresponding event which occurred as the case may be, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of the corresponding provisions of the repealed enactments and of the enactments repealed by those enactments.

6 Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section 84 of the [1963 c. 33.] London Government Act 1963 (supplemental and transitional provision) or section 254 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (consequential and supplementary provision) or any order made under either of those sections; and the definitions of " local authority" in sections 27 and 45 above shall have effect—

(a) in relation to any time before 1st April 1965, as if they included a reference to the council of a metropolitan borough; and

(b) in relation to any time before 1st April 1974, as if they included references to the council of a county or non-county borough and to the council of an urban or rural district.

7 Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section 79 of the [1955 c. 16 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2).] Food and Drugs Act 1955 (special provisions as to the compensation payable under a local Act where the use of a slaughterhouse is rendered unlawful by the provision of a public slaughterhouse) in relation to any slaughterhouse the use of which was rendered unlawful before 1st January 1974 (the date on which section 5(3) of the [1972 c. 62.] Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 came into force).

Section 47.

SCHEDULE 6 Repeals

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 16.	The Food and Drugs Act 1955.	Part IV except section 80.
		In section 80, in subsection (1), the words" a public slaughterhouse or ".
		In section 120(1), the words from " The reference in this subsection " to the end.
		Section 125(1)(c).
		In section 130(1), the words " or of paragraph (a) of section seventy-four thereof ".
		In section 135(1), in the definition of " premises " the words "except in Part IV of this Act" and the definitions of " slaughterhouse facilities " and "slaughterhouse licence".
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 70.	The Slaughterhouses Act 1958.	The whole Act.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 8.	The Slaughter of Animals Act 1958.	The whole Act.
1963 c. 33.	The London Government Act 1963.	In section 54(1), paragraph (c), the words " and the local authority for the purposes of each of the said Acts of 1958 " and the words " slaughterhouses, knackers' yards, and".
		In Schedule 13, Part III.
1967 c. 80.	The Criminal Justice Act 1967.	In Part I of Schedule 3, the entries relating to section 69(2) of the Food and Drugs Act 1955 and section 8(2) of the Slaughter of Animals Act 1958.
1972 c. 62.	The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972.	Section 5.
		In section 27, in subsection (2), the words " paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) of subsection (1) and subsections (2) and (3) of section 5" and the words " to sections 65, 70(1) and 75 to 78 of the Food and Drugs Act 1955, to the Slaughterhouses Act 1958 " ; and in subsection (4), the word " 5" where it first occurs.