# The Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) Regulations 1990, Regulation 21: Conditions to be observed in connection with the stunning and slaughter of animals


The occupier of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage (as the case may be) shall ensure that—
(a) any animal in the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage which is in pain because of injury or any other cause is slaughtered without delay and before any other animals which are awaiting slaughter there;
(b) any animal which is confined in the lairage and which would suffer pain if moved from there is slaughtered in that lairage;
(c) any animal in the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage which is too young to take solid food is slaughtered without delay after its arrival there;
(d) any animal which, because of injury or any other cause, cannot be unloaded from a vehicle on its arrival at the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage without being caused pain or suffering is slaughtered forthwith on the vehicle by a mechanically operated instrument; and
(e) any sick or disabled animal in the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage is kept apart from all other animals pending its slaughter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1242/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-animals-humane-conditions-regulations-1990/regulation-21
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