Regulation 23 Conditions to be observed in connection with the stunning and slaughter of animals

No person shall slaughter any cattle in a slaughterhouse by a religious method other than in an upright position in a restraining pen which has been approved by the appropriate Minister and which the appropriate Minister is satisfied has been installed in such a manner as to ensure that it will operate efficiently save that, until 5th July 1992, in slaughterhouses operating before 5th July 1990, a casting pen of the Weinberg, Dyne or North British Rotary type or such other type as may have been approved by the appropriate Minister before 5th July 1990 under regulation 17 of the Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations 1958 may continue to be used for such slaughter.

The appropriate Minister may, for the purposes of paragraph (1) above, give his approval to a restraining pen but he shall not give any such approval unless he is satisfied that the pen is of such a size and design, and is capable of being operated, so as to protect an animal from injury or unnecessary distress while confined in it or while entering it and, in particular, unless he is satisfied that the pen—