{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-slaughter-or-killing-regulations-1995/schedule-5/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-slaughter-or-killing-regulations-1995/schedule-5/paragraph-11.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/5/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, any waterbath stunner unless—\n(a) it is adequate in size and depth for the type of bird being slaughtered;\n(b) it does not overflow at the entrance, or, if an overflow is unavoidable, measures are taken to ensure that no bird receives an electrical shock before it is stunned; and\n(c) the electrode which is immersed in the water extends the length of the waterbath.",
  "extent": null,
  "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. 5 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. 5 para. 11 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/5/paragraph/11",
    "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."
}