{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-scotland-act-1980/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-scotland-act-1980/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/13",
  "legislation_title": "Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Management of public slaughterhouses.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority by whom a slaughterhouse has been provided under section 1 of this Act or under any other enactment—\n(a) may make charges in respect of the use of the slaughterhouse and in respect of any services provided by them in connection therewith; and\n(b) may provide plant or apparatus for disposing of or treating waste matter or refuse, or processing by-products resulting from the slaughter of animals in such a slaughterhouse.\n(2) In fixing or varying any such charges as aforesaid a local authority shall consult with such persons or organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests substantially affected by such charges.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/13/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:47.640624+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}