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Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1983

Type Public General Act

Publication 1983-05-09

State In force

Department Statute Law Database

Source legislation.gov.uk

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Amendment of 1951 Act.

1

The Pet Animals Act 1951 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in section 2 (Pets not to be sold in streets, etc.), there shall be substituted for the word “except” the word “or”;

(b) in subsection (3) of section 7 (Interpretation) there shall be omitted the words

“premises” includes any stall or barrow in a market, but save as aforesaid does not include any stall or barrow or any part of a street or public place

Short title, commencement and extent.

2

(1) This Act may be cited as the Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1982.

(2) This Act shall come into operation at the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(3) This Act does not apply to Northern Ireland.

Amendment of 1951 Act.

Editorial notes

[^c7561311]: 1951 c. 35.

[^key-141818b8c166fd709f68225a324fdd8e]: Act repealed (S.) (1.9.2021) by Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 11), s. 55(1), sch. 2 para. 9(l) (with s. 54); S.S.I. 2020/464, art. 2 (with art. 3)

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