Paragraph 3 The killing of pigs by exposure to carbon dioxideF1F2I1
England, Wales and Scotland
Subject to paragraphs 4 to 6 below, pigs may be killed at a slaughterhouse by exposure to carbon dioxide gas mixture in a chamber provided for the purpose (hereinafter referred to as “a chamber”).
For the purposes of this Part, a carbon dioxide gas mixture (hereinafter referred to as the “gas mixture”) shall mean at least 70% carbon dioxide by volume in atmospheric air.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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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. 7 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
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Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)