Paragraph 4
United Kingdom
The performance by any person of or over the age of eighteen of any of the following operations, that is to say—
(a)
the castration of a male animal or the caponising of an animal, whether by chemical means or otherwise;
(b)
the docking of the tail of a lamb;
F1(c)
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(d)
the amputation of the dew claws of a dog before its eyes are open.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 4(c) ceases to have effect (1.7.1993) by virtue of S.I. 1991/1412, art. 2(c)
Notes on Schedule 3
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 substituted by S.I. 1988/526, art. 2
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 3 extended (N.I) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 7), s. 14(2)