Contagious_Diseases_(Animals)_Act_1892

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892

Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act 1892

United Kingdom legislation

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.

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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]

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    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.
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