Sch 3 para 4
The performance by any person of or over the age of eighteen of any of the following operations, that is to say— (a) the castration of a male animal or the caponising of an animal, whether by chemical means or otherwise; (b) the docking of the tail of a lamb; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) the amputation of the dew claws of a dog before its eyes are open.