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(2) The Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations, 1958.
Made under section 2 and subsection (1) of section 3 of the Slaughter of
Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954, and subsection (3) of section 8 of the
Slaughterhouses Act, 1958.
These regulations re enact with certain modifications and additions the
Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) (No. 2) Regulations, 1954, as
amended by the Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1955. The principal new provisions are:
1. For the slaughter of adult cattle the provision and use of stunning pens
is made compulsory This requirement will not come into force for
existing slaughterhouses until dates to be appointed, but otherwise comes
into force immediately.
2. Special precautions are to be taken with horned cattle and fractious
animals in lairages.
3. Animals must not be kept in fields awaiting slaughter when conditions
are severe.
4 Local authorities may make licences for new slaughtermen conditional upon
their slaughtering only under supervision by someone more experienced.
In addition, provision is made for the ending, after suitable periods, of
exemptions from two of the 1954 requirements in relation to certain existing
premises (Regulations 15 and 28).
The regulations are to be enforced and executed by local authorities and
prescribe the maximum penalties provided for in section 5 of the Slaughter of
Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933 SECTION 18 (Prohibitions and Regulations
with respect to sale of poisons) enacts that except in the case of an
authorised seller of poisons selling from premises duly registered under Part I
of the Act, no person shall sell any poison included in Part II of the Poisons
List, unless his name is entered in a local authority" s list of sellers of such
poisons. The names of 140 persons and the addresses of their business
premises were entered in the authority's register for the sale of Part II
poisons at the end of the year The main business of these sellers was:-
Grocer 95
Hardware Store 26
Drugstore 10
Hairdresser 2
Disinfectant Manufacturer 1
Disinfectant Merchant 3
Mill Furnisher 1
Seed Merchant 1
Turpentine Bottler 1
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PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941. The provisions of this Act which a
local authority has power to enforce, relate to the prohibition of the publication
of advertisements concerning certain diseases, to the prohibition of the
publication of any advertisement relating to abortion, and to the disclosure of
certain information as to the composition of medicines.
THE POISONS LIST ORDER, 1958. Made under subsection (5) of section 17 of
the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 This Order adds certain substances to the
Poisons List and in the Third Schedule sets out the complete list. The names
given to certain of the phosphorous compounds already in the List have been
revised to accord with current usage.