# Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
This 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).
The 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/173/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1995/note
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