Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1983

• Citation: 1983 c. 26
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Amendment of 1951 Act.

The Pet Animals Act 1951 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) in section 2 (Pets not to be sold in streets, etc.), there shall be substituted for the word “except” the word “or”;

(b) in subsection (3) of section 7 (Interpretation) there shall be omitted the words

“ premises ” includes any stall or barrow in a market, but save as aforesaid does not include any stall or barrow or any part of a street or public place

Section 2 Short title, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Act 1982.

(2) This Act shall come into operation at the end of a period of six months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

(3) This Act does not apply to Northern Ireland.