{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-slaughter-or-killing-regulations-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-slaughter-or-killing-regulations-1995/schedule-3/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/731",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-slaughter-or-killing-regulations-1995",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Handling of animals delivered in containers",
  "text": "In addition to the requirements in Part II above, the occupier of a slaughterhouse and any person engaged in the movement of any animal delivered in any container shall ensure that—\n(a) any container in which any such animal is transported is handled with care and is not thrown, dropped or knocked over;\n(b) where possible, the container is loaded and unloaded horizontally and mechanically;\n(c) any animal delivered in a container with a perforated or flexible bottom is unloaded with particular care in order to avoid injury; and\n(d) where appropriate, animals are unloaded from the containers individually.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 ceases to have effect (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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 14 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/731/schedule/3/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:13:13.652673+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}