Diseases of Animals Act 1950
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Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1937, and certain other enactments relating to diseases of animals.
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent26 October 1950
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to consolidate the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1937, and certain other enactments relating to diseases of animals. |
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| Citation | 14 Geo. 6. c. 36 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 26 October 1950 |
| Commencement | 1 January 1951[c] |
| Repealed | 11 July 1981 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | See § Repealed enactments |
| Repeals/revokes | See § Repealed enactments |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Animal Health Act 1981 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Diseases of Animals Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to diseases of animals in Great Britain.
Repealed enactments
Section 89 of the act repealed 22 enactments, listed in the fifth schedule to the act.[1]
| Citation | Short title | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|---|
| 57 & 58 Vict. c. 57 | Diseases of Animals Act 1894 | The whole act. |
| 59 & 60 Vict. c. 15 | Diseases of Animals Act 1896 | The whole act. |
| 3 Edw. 7. c. 43 | Diseases of Animals Act 1903 | The whole act. |
| 6 Edw. 7. c. 32 | Dogs Act 1906 | Section two. |
| 9 Edw. 7. c. 26 | Diseases of Animals Act 1909 | The whole act. |
| 10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. 20 | Diseases of Animals Act 1910 | The whole act. |
| 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 15 | Exportation of Horses Act 1914 | The whole act. |
| 13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2. c. 5 | Importation of Animals Act 1922 | The whole act. |
| 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 30 | Importation of Pedigree Animals Act 1925 | The whole act. |
| 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 13 | Diseases of Animals Act 1927 | The whole act. |
| 19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 17 | Local Government Act 1929 | In section one hundred and thirty-eight, in subsection (2) the words "the cattle pleuro-pneumonia account and"; in the Third Schedule, paragraph 1. |
| 19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 25 | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 | In the First Schedule, in Part I, paragraph 8. |
| 22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 53 | Ottawa Agreements Act 1932 | Section eight; the Third Schedule. |
| 25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 31 | Diseases of Animals Act 1935 | The whole act save section seventeen. |
| 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 42 | Exportation of Horses Act 1937 | The whole act. |
| 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 70 | Agriculture Act 1937 | Section eighteen; in section nineteen, in subsection (1), the words "the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1935, and"; sections twenty to twenty-five; section twenty-seven; in section twenty-eight, subsection (1); in section twenty-nine, in subsection (1), paragraph (c); in section thirty-two the definitions of animals and poultry; the Second Schedule. |
| 3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 50 | Agriculture (Miscellaneous War Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1940 | Section four. |
| 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 49 | Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 | In the Fourth Schedule the amendments of the Diseases of Animals Act 1894. |
| 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 43 | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 | In the Ninth Schedule, paragraph 3. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 35 | Animals Act 1948 | Part I. |
| 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 52 | Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948 | In section twenty-three, paragraph (b). |
| 12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 37 | Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1949 | In the Second Schedule, paragraph 2; section thirteen. |
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 96 of, and schedule 6 to, the Animal Health Act 1981 (1981 c. 22), which came into force on 11 July 1981.[2]
