Regulation 17 Period of time for keeping an animal in a lairage

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Movement and Sale of Pigs Order 1975^f1 no person shall keep or permit to be kept in any lairage for a period exceeding 72 hours any animal intended for slaughter unless—

In this regulation “lairage” means any covered part of a slaughterhouse used for the confinement of animals awaiting slaughter there, but does not include any field, pasture or other open lairage forming part of any slaughterhouse or otherwise.