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Welfare of Animals at Slaughter Act 1991
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4Execution and enforcement of provisions with respect to slaughter of animals
(1)The existing provisions of section 41 of the 1974 Act (which impose on every local authority a duty to execute and enforce in their district the provisions of Part II of that Act and any regulations made under it) shall become subsection (1), and the following subsections shall be added at the end—
“(2)In particular, every local authority shall, for the purpose of securing the execution of those provisions, make arrangements for the supervision by persons having such qualifications as may be prescribed by regulations under section 38 above of any premises in their district to which regulations under that section apply.
(3)Arrangements under subsection (2) above shall comply with such directions as the Minister may give from time to time.”.
(2)In section 19 of the 1980 Act (which imposes on every local authority a duty to execute and enforce in their area specified provisions of that Act and provisions of regulations made under specified provisions of that Act), the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (1)—
“(1A)In particular, every local authority shall, for the purpose of securing the execution of the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) above (other than section 7), make arrangements for the supervision by persons having such qualifications as may be prescribed by regulations under section 9 of this Act of any premises in their area to which regulations under that section apply.
(1B)Arrangements under subsection (1A) above shall comply with such directions as the Secretary of State may give from time to time.”.
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