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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966/schedule-3/part-II/paragraph-wrapper6n1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/36",
  "legislation_title": "Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-act-1966",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/II/paragraph/wrapper6n1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Nothing in section 19(4)(b) of this Act shall authorise—\n(a) the castration of a male animal being—\n(i) a horse, pony, ass or mule,\n(ii) a bull, boar or goat which has reached the age of two months,\n(iii) a ram which has reached the age of three months, or\n(iv) a cat or dog;\n(b) the spaying of a cat or dog;\n(c) the removal (otherwise than in an emergency for the purpose of saving life or relieving pain or suffering) of any part of the antlers of a deer before the velvet of the antlers is frayed and the greater part of it has been shed;\n(d) the desnooding of a turkey which has reached the age of 21 days;\n(e) the removal of the combs of any poultry which have reached the age of 72 hours;\n(f) the cutting of the toes of a domestic fowl or turkey which has reached the age of 72 hours;\n(g) the performance of a vasectomy or the carrying out of electro-ejaculation on any animal or bird kept for production of food, wool, skin or fur or for use in the farming of land;\n(h) the removal of the supernumerary teats of a calf which has reached the age of 3 months; or\n(i) the dehorning or disbudding of a sheep or goat, except the trimming of the insensitive tip of an ingrowing horn which, if left untreated, could cause pain or distress.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/36/schedule/3/part/II/paragraph/wrapper6n1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:22.921544+00:00"
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  "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."
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