{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1995/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1995/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1995/173",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order amends Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 by reducing from 2 months to 4 weeks the maximum age at which a pig may be castrated without the use of an anaesthetic by any means other than a constricting device. This implements paragraph 3 of Part III of Chapter II to the Annex to Council Directive 91/630/EEC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (O.J. No. L340, 11.12.91, p. 33).\nThe maximum age of 3 months in relation to such castration of a lamb and 2 months in relation to a goat or calf remain unchanged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/173/note",
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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."
}