Regulation 2 Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995f1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
In regulation 14(b) (the slaughter of animals elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard) the words “subject to regulation 22,” shall be deleted.
In regulation 22 the words “Schedule 5 (which relates to the stunning and killing of animals)” shall be replaced by the words “The requirement to stun an animal before slaughter in regulation 9(c)”.
In Schedule 12 (additional provisions for slaughter by a religious method) paragraph 8 shall be replaced by the following paragraph:
“Prohibition against slaughter by a religious method elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse
No person shall slaughter any animal by a religious method, or cause or permit any animal to be so slaughtered, elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse licensed under regulation 4 of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995f2.”.