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Paragraph 6 Specific requirements for killing mink by exposure to carbon dioxideF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

No person shall kill, or cause or permit to be killed, any mink by exposure to carbon dioxide unless—

(a)

the chamber in which the mink is exposed to the gas is designed, constructed and maintained in such a way as to—

(i)

avoid injury to the mink; and

(ii)

allow the mink to be supervised;

(b)

the mink is introduced into the chamber only when the atmosphere contains the highest possible concentration of carbon dioxide supplied by a source of 100% carbon dioxide;

(c)

the gas induces deep general anaesthesia when inhaled and then causes certain death; and

(d)

the mink remains in the chamber until it is dead.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 10 para. 6 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)