SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 13)
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In section 22 of that Act (interpretation)—
a
for the definition of “knacker’s yard” there shall be substituted the following definition—
“knacker’s yard” means any premises used in connection with the business of slaughtering, flaying or cutting up animals the flesh of which is not intended for human consumption; and “knacker” means a person whose business it is to carry out such slaughtering, flaying or cutting up
b
for the definition of “slaughterhouse” there shall be substituted the following definition—
“slaughterhouse” means a place for slaughtering animals, the flesh of which is intended for human consumption, and includes any place available in connection with such a place for the confinement of animals while awaiting slaughter there or keeping, or subjecting to any treatment or process, products of the slaughtering of animals there; and “slaughterman” means a person whose business it is to carry out such slaughtering