Diseases of Animals Act 1894
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878 to 1893.
Citation57 & 58 Vict. c. 57
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom
Royal assent25 August 1894
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878 to 1893. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 57 & 58 Vict. c. 57 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 August 1894 |
| Commencement | 25 August 1894[b] |
| Repealed | 1 January 1951 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Diseases of Animals Act 1950 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Diseases of Animals Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 57) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to contagious diseases among animals in the United Kingdom.
The act was designed to combat "heavy losses" due to cattle diseases such as rinderpest, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).[1]
Repealed enactments
Section 78 of the act repealed 8 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act.[2]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 41 & 42 Vict. c. 74 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 | The whole act, except section thirty-four. |
| 47 & 48 Vict. c. 13 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1884 | The whole act. |
| 47 & 48 Vict. c. 47 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Transfer of Parts of Districts Act 1884 | The whole act. |
| 49 & 50 Vict. c. 32 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1886 | The whole act, except section nine. |
| 52 & 53 Vict. c. 30 | Board of Agriculture Act 1889 | Section three. |
| 53 & 54 Vict. c. 14 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) (Pleuro-pneumonia) Act 1890 | The whole act. |
| 55 & 56 Vict. c. 47 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892 | The whole act. |
| 56 & 57 Vict. c. 43 | Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1893 | The whole act. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 89 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 36), which came into force on 1 January 1951.[3]