Paragraph 13 Methods of killing animalsF1 F2 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

~~No person shall kill, or cause or permit to be killed, any animal except by one of the following methods—~~

(a)

~~free bullet;~~

(b)

~~electrocution;~~

(~~F3c~~)

~~for birds only, decapitation or dislocation of the neck;~~

(d)

~~exposure of pigs and birds to gas mixtures at a slaughterhouse in accordance with Schedule 7; or~~

(e)

~~exposure of birds to gas mixtures elsewhere than at a slaughterhouse in accordance with Schedule 7A.~~

Annotations

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. 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))
F3: Sch. 5 para. 13(c)-(e) substituted for Sch. 5 para. 13(c)(d) (S.) (6.4.2007) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/150), regs. 1(1), 5