# Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This paragraph applies to the following provisions of the Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967—
(a) section 3 (power to make regulations for securing humane conditions of slaughter),
(b) section 4 (power to authorise persons to exercise rights of entry), and
(c) section 6 (duty to execute and enforce the provisions of that Act and of regulations under section 3 of that Act).
(2) The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly may by regulations provide for any functions under a provision to which this paragraph applies, so far as exercisable by local authorities, to be transferred—
(a) so far as exercisable by local authorities in England, to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and
(b) so far as exercisable by local authorities in Scotland or Wales, to the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/40/schedule/9/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-and-contracting-out-act-1994/schedule-9/paragraph-1
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