Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980

SCHEDULES

Section 23.

SCHEDULE 1 S Consequential Amendments of Enactments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 1 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

1 S —In section 12(4) of the M1 Foods and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) in subsection (1) the expression— “animal” means cattle, sheep, goats, swine and horses; and in this definition “horses” includes asses and mules; “slaughterhouse” means any premises used for slaughtering animals the flesh of which is intended for sale for human consumption and includes any place other than premises used in connection therewith ; and”.

Marginal Citations

M1 1956 c. 30.

2 S —In section 25(6) of the M2 Agriculture Act 1957, for the words “Part II of the Slaughterhouses Act, 1954,” there shall be substituted the words “ section 1 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980. ”.

Marginal Citations

M2 1957 c.57.

3 S —In section 10(1) of the M3 Firearms Act 1968, for the words “section 2 of the Slaughter of Animals Act 1928” there shall be substituted the words “ section 15 of the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 ”.

Marginal Citations

M3 1968 c.27.

Section 24(1).

SCHEDULE 2 S Transitional Provisions and Savings.

1 (1) Without prejudice to section 8(4) of this Act and subject to paragraph 4 of this Schedule, in so far as anything done or having effect as if done under or in pursuance of any of the enactments repealed by this Act (in this Schedule referred to as “the repealed enactments”) could have been done under or in pursuance of a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by reason only of the repeal but shall have effect as if done under or in pursuance of that provision; and anything begun under any of the repealed enactments may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act as if begun under that provision. S

(2) Subparagraph (1) above applies in particular to any regulation, byelaw, determination, decision, authorisation, application, licence, renewal, suspension, revocation, notice, purchase, disposal, charge, certificate, prohibition, registration, refusal, cancellation, variation, appeal, objection, advertisement, specification, condition or penalty prescribed, responsibility imposed or warrant granted.

2 S 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 S 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. S

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

5 S Without prejudice to paragraph 1 or 4 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 any 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.

Section 24(2).

SCHEDULE 3 S Repeals

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
60 & 61 Vict. c.38.	The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897.	Section 33.
18 & 19 Geo.5. c.29	The Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1928.	The whole Act
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c.27	The Slaughter of Animals (Pigs) Act 1953.	The whole Act
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c.42	The Slaughterhouses Act 1954	The whole Act
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c.59	The Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954.	The whole Act
1972 c.62.	The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972.	Sections 6 and 7. Schedules 1 and 2.