Welfare of Animals at Slaughter Act 1991

3 Slaughtermen’s licences: Scotland

(1) Section 16 of the 1980 Act (further provisions in relation to the licensing of slaughtermen and knackers) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (which provides for the grant of licences under section 15 of that Act subject to a condition prohibiting slaughter except under supervision), there shall be added at the end “or (as the case may be) except under the supervision of a person having such qualifications as may be prescribed by the regulations”.

(3) In subsection (3) (prescribed qualifications for licences under section 15), for the words from “prescribing” to the end there shall be substituted the words “prohibiting the grant of licences, or of licences of any class, under the said section 15 to persons not having such qualifications as may be prescribed by the regulations”.

(4) After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(3A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, the qualifications that may be prescribed under that subsection include in particular—

(a) training of any description; and

(b) the undergoing of any examination or test;

and different qualifications may be so prescribed in relation to the grant and renewal of licences, or of licences of any class, under the said section 15.

(3B) Regulations under this section may prescribe the form of such a licence and the information to be contained in it.”.