Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984

Section 16.

SCHEDULE 1 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 (c.24)

1 (1) The Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 1(1), for the words " turkey kept in captivity or domestic fowl so kept" there is substituted " bird to which this Act applies ".

(3) In section 1(3) (as originally enacted), for the words from "£50" to the end there is substituted " level 3 on the standard scale ".

(4) In section 2 (as originally enacted)—

(a) for the words " turkey kept in captivity or a domestic fowl so kept" there is substituted " bird to which this Act applies ",

(b) the words " for purposes mentioned in section 1(1) above" are omitted,

(c) for "£20" there is substituted " level 2 on the standard scale ";

and at the end of that section there is inserted—

“(2) It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under this section to prove that the accused took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence”.

(5) In section 7(1), the words " for purposes mentioned in section 1(1) above " and the words " other than turkeys and domestic fowls " are omitted.

(6) In section 8—

(a) before the definition of " local authority " there is inserted—

• “' contravention ' includes failure to comply ”, and

(b) after the definition of " the Ministers " there is inserted—

• “' the standard scale ' has the meaning given by section 75 of the [1982 c. 48.] Criminal Justice Act 1982.

(2) This Act applies to turkeys kept in captivity and domestic fowls, guinea fowls, ducks, geese and quails so kept; and references in this Act to birds to which this Act applies shall be construed in accordance with this subsection and any order under section 7 above.”

2 A person shall not, by virtue of paragraph 1(4)(c) above, be liable on conviction, after the time when this Act comes into force, of an offence committed before that time to any punishment by way of fine greater than that to which he would have been liable if convicted before that time.

Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67)

3 (1) The Medicines Act 1968 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 28(3)(i), the words " or of any substance or article other than a medicinal product incorporated for a medicinal purpose " are omitted.

(3) Sections 41, 42 and 46(3) and (4) are omitted.

(4) In section 108(6)(a), after the word " sections" there is inserted " 40 " and after the word " Act" there is inserted " and of any regulations made under section 40 of this Act ".

(5) At the end of section 117 there is added—

“(8) References in subsections (1), (3) and (5A) of this section to animal feeding stuffs include a reference to any medicated feeding stuff, within the meaning of section 130(3A) of this Act.”

(6) In section 126(1)(a) for " 40(1) " there is substituted " 40 ".

(7) In section 130(4), after the words "subsection (1)" there is inserted " or (3A) ".

(8) In section 130(6)—

(a) after the words " subsection (1)" there is inserted " or (3B) ".

(b) for the word "that" (where it first appears) there is substituted " the relevant ",

(c) the words " (subject to the next following subsection)" are omitted, and

(d) for the words " subsection (1) of this section " (in the second place where they appear) there is substituted " the relevant subsection ".

(9) Section 130(7) is omitted.

(10) In section 130(9), after the word "administering'' (in both places) there is inserted " (or feeding) ".

(11) In paragraph 6 of Schedule 4, the words "section 42" are omitted.

Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)

4 In section 63(3) of the Animal Health Act 1981, for the word " where " there is substituted " in respect of which ".