# The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992, Regulation 17: Period of time for keeping an animal in a lairage


(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Movement and Sale of Pigs Order 1975 no person shall keep or permit to be kept in any lairage for a period exceeding 72 hours any animal intended for slaughter unless—
(a) the official veterinary surgeon gives his consent to such animal being kept in a lairage for a period exceeding 72 hours, which consent shall only be given in exceptional circumstances; and
(b) such animal is isolated from all other animals in respect of which no such consent has been given.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2037/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-17
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