Commentary on Sections Schedule 27 - Minor and consequential amendments Paragraph 48 - Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)
955.Section 10 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 provides for the temporary continuance of a slaughterhouse or a knacker’s yard licence upon the death of the holder. The continuance is either for 2 months or a longer period granted by the local authority and is for the benefit of a personal representative widow or any other family member. Paragraph 48 adds “surviving civil partner” to the list of people to whom a licence shall temporarily enure upon the death of the licence holder.