Abattoirs Act Amendment Act 1931 (WA)

1931.1 Abattoirs. [No. 17.

ABATTOIRS.

22° €+no. V., No. XVII.

No. 17 of 1931.

AN ACT to amend the Abattoirs Act, 1909.

[Assented to 18th, August, 1931.]

Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia,DE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the Abattoirs Act Amend- Short title.

ment Act, 1931, and shall be read as one with the Abattoirs;

Act, 1909, hereinafter called the principal Act.

2.    The following section is hereby added after section five. New section.

of the principal Act:-

No person to knock

5A. No person shall knock down any animal in any down cattle unless appointed by the

abattoir in a district to which this Act applies unless	XinIster.
such person has been appointed by the Minister for that purpose. In this section the term "knock down" means the dealing of a blow to any animal with a weapon or missile for the purpose of slaughtering or rendering the animal insensible prior to slaughtering.

3.    The principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be RePrillt•

cited as the Abattoirs Act, 1909-1931.