The Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40) was a piece of UK legislation that amended the provisions of the Animal Health Act 1981 related to * the seizure of things for the purpose of preventing the spread of disease, * powers of entry upon private premises, * declarations as to places infected with a disease, * to enable certain orders under that Act to operate in or over territorial waters, * to amend the

Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 The Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 (c. 24) was a piece of UK legislation that provided for the humane slaughter, for certain commercial purposes, of poultry. Exemptions were made for slaughter by kosher (also or , ) is a set of dietary ...

, * to enable provision to be made for controlling the practice of artificial breeding of livestock, * to repeal the

Improvement of Live Stock (Licensing of Bulls) Act 1931 Improvement is the process of a thing moving from one state to a state considered to be better, usually through some action intended to bring about that better state. The concept of improvement is important to governments and businesses, as well a ...

and the Horse Breeding Act 1958, * to amend the Medicines Act 1968 in relation to feeding stuffs and veterinary drugs, the registers of which are kept by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain The Criminal Justice Act 2003 increased the penalties related to the artificial breeding of livestock to 51 weeks from the 3 months stated in this 1984 Act.

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History of agriculture in the United Kingdom Poultry diseases Animal viral diseases Bird diseases United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1984 Disease outbreaks in the United Kingdom Animal virology Avian influenza Agricultural health and safety {{UK-law-stub

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