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Paragraph 3 Stunning of animalsF1F2I1

England, Wales and Scotland

No person shall stun, or cause or permit to be stunned, any animal unless it is possible to—

(a)

bleed or pith it without delay and in accordance with Schedule 6; or

(b)

kill it without delay and in accordance with Part III of this Schedule.

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. 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))

Commencement

I1

Sch. 5 para. 3 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)