Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892
| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act to amend the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, 1878 to 1890. |
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| Citation | 55 & 56 Vict. c. 47 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 June 1892 |
| Commencement | 27 June 1892[b] |
| Repealed | 25 August 1894 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends |
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| Repealed by | Diseases of Animals Act 1894 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. 47) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by Lord Salisbury's Conservative government.
Local authorities were not making sufficient use of powers to combat animal diseases so the act introduced central control over the slaughter of infected animals and the payment of compensation.[1]
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 78 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Diseases of Animals Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict.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.[2]
Notes
- ^ Section 4.
- ^ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- ^ F. Brown, 'Review Lecture: Foot-And-Mouth Disease -- One of the Remaining Great Plagues', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences Vol. 229, No. 1256 (Dec. 22, 1986). p. 217.
- ^ "Diseases of Animals Act 1894", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Vict/57-58 c. 57
External links
- Text of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.