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Paragraph 8 I1F1F2

England, Wales and Scotland

No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, any electrical stunning or killing equipment or any other instrument which applies an electric current to animals—

(a)

as a means of restraining any animal;

(b)

as a means of immobilising any animal; or

(c)

except in accordance with paragraph 11 of Schedule 3, as a means of making any animal move.

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)

F2

Sch. 4 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))

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 8 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)