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Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 74) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by Benjamin Disraeli's Conservative government.
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| Long title | An Act for making better provision respecting Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Cattle and other Animals; and for other purposes. |
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| Citation | 41 & 42 Vict. c. 74 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 16 August 1878 |
| Commencement | 30 September 1878, except as otherwise expressed[b] |
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| Amends | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1869 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
A select committee was appointed in 1877 to investigate animal diseases. The resulting act established central rather than local control over all outbreaks of animal disease.[1]
The agriculturist Jacob Wilson considered the act "an undoubted benefit conferred upon the agricultural interest by the Conservative Government".[2]: 12 It was opposed by the Radicals.[2]: 13
Provisions
Repealed enactments
Section 4(1) of the act repealed 10 enactments, listed in the first schedule to the act.
| Citation | Short title | Description | Extent of Repeal |
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| 32 & 33 Vict. c. 70 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1869 | The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869 | In part, namely:—
(i.) Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of section 28 (local), relating to the markets of the mayor, aldermen, and commons of the City of London, with the Fifth Schedule, referred to in that section. (ii.) Sections 100 and 101 (transitory), relating to money borrowed by local authorities before the passing of that Act. |
| 38 & 39 Vict. c. 75 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) (Scotland) Act 1875 | An Act to amend the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869 | The whole act. |
| 11 & 12 Vict. c. 105 | Importation of Sheep Act 1848 | An Act to prohibit the importation of sheep, cattle, or other animals, for the purpose of preventing the introduction of contagious or infectious disorders | The whole act. |
| 11 & 12 Vict. c. 107 | Contagious Disorders (Sheep), etc. Act 1848 | An Act to prevent, until the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and to the end of the then session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals | The whole act. |
| 16 & 17 Vict. c. 62 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1853 | An Act to extend and continue an Act of the twelfth year of Her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals | The whole act. |
| 29 & 30 Vict. c. 4 | Cattle Disease Act (Ireland) 1866 | The Cattle Disease Act (Ireland), 1866 | The whole act. |
| 33 & 34 Vict. c. 36 | Cattle Disease (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870 | The Cattle Disease (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870 | The whole act. |
| 35 & 36 Vict. c. 16 | Cattle Disease (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872 | The Cattle Disease (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1872 | The whole act. |
| 37 & 38 Vict. c. 6 | Cattle Disease (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act 1874 | The Cattle Disease (Ireland) Acts Amendment Act, 1874 | The whole act. |
| 39 & 40 Vict. c. 51 | Cattle Disease (Ireland) Act 1876 | The Cattle Disease (Ireland) Act, 1876 | The whole act. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act, except section 34, was repealed by section 78 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Diseases of Animals Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 57), which came into force on 25 August 1894.[3]