Regulation 3 Approved slaughterhouses to which these Regulations apply

(1)

These Regulations apply to—

(a)

an approved slaughterhouse at which at least 2,000 sheep per week are slaughtered as a rolling annual average; and

(b)

an approved slaughterhouse at which at least 1,000 but fewer than 2,000 sheep per week are slaughtered as a rolling annual average, in respect of which a notice has been given under paragraph (2) which has not been withdrawn.

(2)

The operator of an approved slaughterhouse of the kind described in paragraph (1)(b) may give notice to the Secretary of State requesting that these Regulations apply in relation to that slaughterhouse.

(3)

A notice given under paragraph (2) may be withdrawn no earlier than 12 months after that notice has been given, unless the Secretary of State agrees otherwise.

(4)

In these Regulations, a “regulated slaughterhouse” is an approved slaughterhouse to which these Regulations apply.

(5)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

a “week” means a seven day period from Monday to Sunday inclusive; and

(b)

references to “rolling annual average” are to that average calculated by an approved slaughterhouse on a monthly basis.