# The Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) Regulations 1990, Regulation 12: Conditions to be observed in connection with the confinement and treatment of animals awaiting slaughter


The occupier of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard shall ensure that—
(a) no blood or other refuse from the slaughterhall is deposited in or allowed to flow into a lairage; and
(b) as far as is practicable, the blood and the refuse is removed from the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard in such a way that animals awaiting slaughter cannot see or smell such blood or refuse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1242/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990/regulation-12
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