Paragraph 3 Specific requirements for killing surplus chicks by exposure to gas mixturesF1I1
England, Wales and Scotland
No person shall kill, or cause or permit to be killed, any surplus chick by exposure to a gas mixture unless the chick is placed in the gas mixture and it remains in the gas mixture until it is dead.
In this paragraph “gas mixture” means—
an atmosphere with the highest obtainable concentration of carbon dioxide, supplied by a source of 100% carbon dioxide;
a maximum of 2% oxygen by volume and 90% argon (or other inert gas) by volume in atmospheric air; or
a maximum of 30% carbon dioxide by volume and a minimum of 60% argon (or other inert gas) by volume in atmospheric air, with no more than 2% residual oxygen.
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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Sch. 11 para. 3(2)(c) substituted (E.) (30.1.2001) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3352), regs. 1, 2; and Sch. 11 para. 3(2)(c) substituted (S.) (15.5.2001) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/145), regs. 1(1), 2
Commencement
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Sch. 11 para. 3 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)