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AGRICULTURE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 12

12.(1) Cattle bearing unhealed wounds which appear to have resulted from the
removal of their horns shall not be

(a)exposed for sale in any market or fair or sale-yard or other public or
private place where animals are commonly offered or exposed for sale; or

(b)brought to any slaughter-house.

(2) If subsection (1) is contravened with respect to any cattle, the owner of
the cattle shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding #50 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three months or to both.

(3) In this section

"cattle" means bulls, cows, bullocks, heifers, calves, steers or oxen;

"slaughter-house" means any building, premises or place used in connection
with the business of killing animals for the purpose of the flesh being used
for human consumption.

S.13 rep. by SLR 1976

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