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Paragraph 1 A person has the qualifications necessary under regulation 10 if the following description applies to him.

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(1)

He has sufficient knowledge of the Actand of Regulations and codes of practice made under the Act and of methods of stunning and slaughter to enable him to discharge his duties pursuant to arrangements made under section 6(2) of the Act;and

(2)

he is able to ascertain whether automatic equipment used (on premises which are to be placed, or are, under his supervision pursuant to arrangements made under section 6(2) of the Act) for stunning or slaughtering or severing one or more major blood vessels of the neck with the object of causing death is working effectively and is able to give advice, in the event of such equipment not working effectively, as to the action to be taken to avoid unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress to any bird; and

(3)
(a)

he is a veterinary surgeon, or

(b)

he is the holder of a certificate described in paragraph 2 below,and has a qualification described in paragraph 3 below.