{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2037",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Notice of slaughter",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below and to other provisions of these Regulations, no person shall slaughter, or cause to be slaughtered, in any slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility any animal intended for sale for human consumption unless he has not less than 24 hours before the time of slaughter or, in the case of farmed game slaughtered in a farmed game handling facility, not less than 72 hours before the time of slaughter, informed the local authority within whose area the place of slaughter is situated of the day and time on, and of the place at, which the slaughter will take place.\n(2) Where—\n(a) it is the regular practice in any slaughterhouse or farmed game handling facility to slaughter animals at fixed times on fixed days and written notice of this practice has been given to and accepted by the local authority this shall, as respects any animal slaughtered in accordance with such practice, be regarded as adequate compliance with the requirement in paragraph (1) above;\n(b) by reason of injury or by reason of the provisions of regulation 21 of the Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) Regulations 1990 or regulation 11 of the Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1990, it is necessary that an animal should be slaughtered without delay, the provisions of paragraph (1) above shall be deemed to be satisfied if the local authority is informed of the slaughter as soon as reasonably possible, whether before or after the slaughter takes place.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2037/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:04.922908+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}