# Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order further amends Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The effect of the amendment is that the disbudding of calves by electro-thermal cautery before the fourth week of life may no longer be performed without an anaesthetic.

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