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Paragraph 9 Slaughter of birds by a religious methodF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

Any person who slaughters by a religious method any bird which has not been stunned before slaughter shall ensure that—

(a)

each bird is slaughtered by the severance, by rapid and uninterrupted movements of a knife, of its carotid arteries; and

(b)

the knife to be used for the slaughtering of the birds is undamaged and of sufficient size and sharpness to enable each bird to be slaughtered in the manner described in sub-paragraph (a) above.

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. 12 para. 9 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)