Regulation 5 Notice of slaughter
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, no person shall slaughter, or cause to be slaughtered, any animal for sale for human consumption unless he has not less than 24 hours before the time of slaughter informed the local authority within whose district the place of slaughter is situated of the day and time and of the place on and at which the slaughter will take place:
Provided that—
where it is the regular practice in any slaughterhouse to slaughter animals at fixed times on fixed days and written notice of this practice has been given to the local authority this shall as respects any animal slaughtered in accordance with such practice be regarded as adequate compliance with the foregoing requirement if and so long as the local authority give their approval;
where by reason of accidental injury, illness, exposure to infection or other emergency affecting that animal or by reason of the provisions of regulation 18 of the Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations 1958, it is necessary that an animal should be slaughtered without delay, the provisions of this regulation 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.
This regulation shall not apply in any case where an animal is slaughtered in a slaughterhouse under the management of a local authority or a joint board constituted under the Public Health Act 1936f1.
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