Updated to 23 October 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
Slaughter of Animals Act 1935
No. 45 of 1935
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Whole Act (to come into effect in both the County Borough of Dublin and the Borough of Dun Laoghaire) | 1 February 1937 | The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 (Dublin County Borough and Dun Laoghaire Borough) (Date of Commencement) Order 1936 (S.I. No. 370 of 1936), art. 3 |
| Whole Act (to come into effect in the remainder of Saorstát Eireann) | 3 August 1937 | Slaughter of Animals Act, 1935 (Date of Commencement) (No. 2) Order 1937 (S.I. No. 153 of 1937), art. 3 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
|---|---|
| Repealed | 15/2013, ss. 1(2), 4 & sch. 1 |
| Alt. of penalties under. | 2/2000, ss. 1 (5), 37, sch. 3 |
| Am. | 10/1965, s.28 |
| Constr. of refs. to "sanitary authority". | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 47 (1) (b) |
| Penalties incd. (ss. 9(3), 12(2), 13(2), 14(2), 15(3), 19(2), 20(3), 28(3)(d), 29(2), 30) | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 47 (2), sch. 2 |
| Provns. relating to applic. of. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 16 (3), 33 (3) |
| Restricted | S. I. No. 14 of 2008, regs. 1, 38(5) |
| S. I. No. 311 of 2010, regs. 1, 42(5) | |
| Saving for. | 2/2000, ss. 1 (5), 5, 31, sch. 2, pts. 4, 6 |
| Trans. of functns. under. | S.R. & O. No. 58 of 1947 |
| S.R. & O. No. 417 of 1947 | |
| S. 2(1), def. of "sanitary authority" del. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 47 (1) (a) |
| S. 3, s. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 47 (1) (c) |
| S. 4 (in pt.) rep. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 3, sch. 1, pts. 1, 2 |
| S. 4 rep. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 3, sch. 1, pt. 3 |
| S. 10 (in pt.) rep. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 3, sch. 1, pt. 1 |
| S. 10 rep. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 3, sch. 1, pt. 2 |
| Part II (ss. 12-18)approved instruments prescribed for the purposes of | S.I. No. 599 of 2008, art. 3 |
| S. 12(1)(c) applied with modifications | S.I. No. 192 of 2004, reg. 3 |
| S. 15, appl. to pigs. | S. I. No. 227 of 1973, art. 4 |
| S. 15(4) rep. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 3, sch. 1 |
| S. 30A, new s. | 8/1988, ss. 1 (2), 47 (1) (d) |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 15(5) | Slaughter of Animals (Approved Instruments) (Pigs) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 227 of 1973) |
| S. 16 | Slaughter of Animals Act 1935 (Approved Instruments) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 599 of 2008) |
| S. 16(1) | Slaughter of Animals (Approved Instruments) (Pigs) Order 1973 (S.I. No. 227 of 1973) |
| Slaughter of Animals (Approved Instruments) Order 1936 (S.I. No. 323 of 1936) | |
| S. 16(3) | Slaughter of Animals (Approved Instruments) Order 1936 (S.I. No. 323 of 1936) |
| Pt. III | The Slaughter of Animals (Slaughter Licence) Regulations 1936 (S.I. No. 303 of 1936) |