{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-act-1967/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-act-1967/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/24",
  "legislation_title": "Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-act-1967",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Execution and enforcement.",
  "text": "(1) Every local authority shall execute and enforce in their area the provisions of this Act and of regulations under section 3 of this Act.\n(2) In particular, every local authority shall, for the purpose of securing the execution of those provisions, make arrangements for the surpervision by persons having such qualifications as may be specified in the regulations of any premises in their area to which the regulations apply.\n(3) Arrangements under subsection (2) of this section shall comply with such directions as the Ministers may give from time to time.\n(4) This section does not authorise a local authority in Scotland to institute proceedings for any offence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6 substituted by Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40, SIF 2:8), s. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 6 power to transfer functions conferred (3.1.1995) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 31, 82(2), Sch. 9, para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 6(2): s. 3 (with s. 6(2)) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1676."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/24/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:55:47.258166+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."
}