Regulation 3 Regulated slaughterhouses
In these Regulations, “regulated slaughterhouse” means—
an approved slaughterhouse at which at least 500 sheep per week as a rolling annual average are slaughtered,
a slaughterhouse at which less than 500 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as a rolling annual average in respect of which a notice has been given under paragraph (2) which has not been withdrawn.
The operator of an approved slaughterhouse of the kind described in paragraph (1)(b) may give notice to the Scottish Ministers requesting that these Regulations apply in relation to that slaughterhouse.
A notice given under paragraph (2) may be withdrawn no earlier than 12 months after that notice has been given, unless the Scottish Ministers agree otherwise.
In paragraph (1)—
a “week” means a seven day period from Monday to Sunday inclusive,
references to “rolling annual average” are to the mean average calculated for the year preceding at any given point in time, as calculated by an approved slaughterhouse on a monthly basis.