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Regulation 6 Animal welfare legislation and codesF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The occupier of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard shall ensure that any person who is involved in any of the activities governed by these Regulations—

(a)

is acquainted with the provisions of the legislation, and of any welfare codes, relevant to the operations that that person carries out;

(b)

has access to a copy of any such welfare code at the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard;

(c)

has received instruction and guidance on the requirements of such legislation and any such welfare code; and

F2(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

In this regulation “welfare code” means any current code issued under regulation 7.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Regulations revoked (W.) (20.5.2014) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/951), regs. 1(c), 46(a); and revoked (E.) (5.11.2015) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1782), regs. 1(4), 47(a)

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Reg. 6(1)(d) revoked (S.) (1.1.2013) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/321), regs. 1(b), 30(2)(b) (with reg. 30(3))

Commencement

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Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)