Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act 1954

SCHEDULES

Section 1.

FIRST SCHEDULE Excepted Operations

1 Any experiment duly authorised under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876.

2 The rendering in emergency of first aid for the purpose of saving life or relieving pain.

3 The docking of the tail of a dog before its eyes are open.

4 The amputation of the dew claws of a dog before its eyes are open.

5 The castration of any male dog before it has reached the age of three months or of any male cat before it has reached the age of six months.

6 The castration of a male animal specified in the following table before it has reached the age so specified, that is to say—

horse	twelve months.
ass or mule	twelve months.
bull	twelve months.
Sheep	twelve months.
goat	three months.
Pig	seven months.

7 Any minor operation performed by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, being an operation which, by reason of its quickness or painlessness, is customarily so performed without the use of an anaesthetic.

8 Any minor operation, whether performed by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner or by some other person, being an operation which is not customarily performed only by such a surgeon or practitioner.

Section 2.

SECOND SCHEDULE Acts which may be Cited Together

PART I

• The Protection of Animals Act, 1911

• The Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1912.

• The Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1921.

• The Performing Animals (Regulation) Act, 1925.

• The Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1927.

• The Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act, 1933.

• The Protection of Animals Act, 1934.

• The Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954.

PART II

• The Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912

• The Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, Amendment Act, 1921.

• The Performing Animals (Regulation) Act, 1925.

• The Protection of Animals Act, 1934.

• The Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) (Scotland) Act,

• The Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954.

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short Title	Session and Chapter
Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876	39 & 40 Vict. c. 77.
Protection of Animals Act, 1911	1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 27.
Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912	2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 14.
Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1912	2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 17.
Animals (Anaesthetics) Act, 1919	9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 54.
Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1921	11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 14.
Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, Amendment Act, 1921	11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 22.
Performing Animals (Regulation) Act, 1925	15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 38.
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1927	17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 27.
Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act, 1933	23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 17.
Protection of Animals Act, 1934	24 &25 Geo. 5. c. 21.
Protection of Animals (Cruelly to Dogs) (Scotland) Act, 1934	24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 25.
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954	2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 40.