
1 
This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 11th December 1996.
2 
In Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (Operations which may be performed without an anaesthetic) for paragraph 8 there shall be substituted—“
8 
The disbudding of calves by chemical cauterisation applied before the second week of life.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 30th October 1996.
P. T. Toal
Assistant Secretary
