{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1676",
  "legislation_title": "The Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/slaughter-of-poultry-licences-and-specified-qualifications-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Licensing of slaughtermen",
  "text": "(1) No person shall slaughter a bird or stun a bird prior to slaughter except–\n(a) under and in accordance with the terms of a licence granted to him by the local authority; or\n(b) in the course of demonstrating his competence for the purpose of obtaining a certificate or licence as required by regulation 5(1)(a).\n(2) The occupier of any premises shall not cause or permit any person to slaughter a bird or stun a bird prior to slaughter on those premises in contravention of these Regulations.\n(3) Paragraph (1) above shall apply to any person who slaughters or stuns a bird by any method, including any person who is in charge of automatic equipment used to slaughter or stun a bird.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1676/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:56.574208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}