Division 1

In the process of killing animals, methods listed in the table below shall be used.

Methods other than those listed in the table may be used:

1. (a)

   on unconscious animals, providing the animal does not regain consciousness before death;

2. (b)

   on animals used in agricultural research, when the aim of the project requires that the animals are kept under similar conditions to those under which commercial farm animals are kept; these animals may be killed in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing^f1.