Regulation 9 The slaughter of animals in slaughterhouses and knackers' yardsF1F2I1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where any soliped, ruminant, pig, rabbit or bird is brought into a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard for slaughter, that animal shall be—
moved and lairaged in accordance with Schedule 3;
restrained in accordance with Schedule 4;
subject to regulation 22, stunned before slaughter in accordance with Parts I and II of Schedule 5; and
bled or pithed in accordance with Schedule 6.
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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Pt. 2 revoked (S. in relation to slaughterhouses) (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(1) (with reg. 30(3))
Commencement
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Reg. 9 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)