# Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, Article 2: Amendment of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972


In Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (Operations which may be performed without an anaesthetic) for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted—
“8 The disbudding of calves by chemical cauterisation applied before the second week of life.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/514/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-2
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