Contagious_Diseases_(Animals)_Act

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act

Animal disease control laws in the UK

Not to be confused with Contagious Diseases Acts.

The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts are a series of acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom to deal with the possibility of the accrual of economic harm or intra-species contamination.[1][2] In 1892, the 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.[2] The 1893 Act transferred from local authorities to the Board of Agriculture the responsibility for wiping out swine fever. It was followed by the 20th-century series notation Diseases of Animals Act. Rabid dogs were included in 1878.[3]

The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts 1878 and 1884 was the collective title of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1878 and the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1884.[4]

The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts 1878 to 1886 was the collective title of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts 1878 and 1884, the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Transfer of Parts of Districts Act 1884 and the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1886.[5]

The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts 1878 to 1890 was the collective title of Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts 1878 to 1886 and the Contagious Diseases (Animals) (Pleuro-pneumonia) Act 1890.[6]

References

  • Lely, John Mounteney. "Animals (Diseases)". The Statutes of Practical Utility. (Chitty's Statutes). Fifth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. London. 1894. Volume 1. Title "Animals". Pages 18 to 70.
  1. [1]
    Spain, Jonathan (1996). Eugenio F. Biagini (ed.). "Free trade, protectionism and the 'food of the people': the Liberal opposition to the Cattle Diseases Bill of 1878". Citizenship and Community: Liberals, Radicals and Collective Identities in the British Isles, 1865-1931. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 168–192. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511522475.008. ISBN 9780521480352.
  2. [2]
    Brown, F (December 22, 1986). "Review Lecture: Foot-And-Mouth Disease -- One of the Remaining Great Plagues". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 229 (1256): 217.
  3. [3]
    Lupton, Frederick (1888). The Law Relating to Dogs. London: Stevens and Sons. ISBN 9781584777717 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1884, section 6
  5. [5]
    Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1886, section 1(2)
  6. [6]
    Contagious Diseases (Animals) (Pleuro-pneumonia) Act 1890, section 8(2)
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