
1 
This Order may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 29th September 2003.
2 
In Schedule 1 to the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (Operations which may be performed without an anaesthetic) for paragraph 7(ii)(b) there shall be substituted –“
(b) in the case of a pig, before the age of eight days; and”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14th August 2003.
D. Small
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
