# Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003, 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 to reduce the age beyond which castration of pigs may not be performed without anaesthetic from 4 weeks to 7 days in order to implement the requirement of paragraph 8 of chapter 1 of Annexe 1 to Commission Directive 2001/93/EC (O.J. No. L316, 1.12.2001, p. 36).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/380/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2003/note
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