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Regulation 5 Conditions to be observed in connection with the confinement and treatment of animals awaiting slaughter

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It shall be the duty of the occupier of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage to ensure that no animals are unloaded from a vehicle in the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or lairage in such a way as to cause unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress to such animals.