{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughterhouses-act-1974/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughterhouses-act-1974/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/3",
  "legislation_title": "Slaughterhouses Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughterhouses-act-1974",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Restriction of slaughterhouses only by agreement.",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in, or in any instrument made under, any local Act shall make unlawful, or subject any person to any penalty by reason of, the use of any premises as a slaughterhouse or the slaughter of animals on any premises at a time when a slaughterhouse licence is in force in respect of the premises; but, with a view to reducing the number of slaughterhouses, a local authority may—\n(a) acquire by agreement any premises in their district which are used as a slaughterhouse and discontinue the use of the premises for that purpose;\n(b) agree with the person interested in any premises in the district which are used as a slaughterhouse for the discontinuance of slaughtering on those premises.\n(2) In this section, “slaughterhouse licence” means a licence issued under regulations made by virtue of section 19(1)(b) of the Food Safety Act 1990 for the use of any premises as a slaughterhouse",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 14 renumbered as 14(1) (11.9.1996) by S. I. 1996/2235, art. 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 14(2) inserted (11.9.1996) by S. I. 1996/2235, art. 5(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/3/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:19.496502+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."
}