# The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995, Paragraph 1

Extent: S

In this Schedule–
“bird” means any domestic fowl, turkey, pheasant, quail, partridge, goose, duck or guinea fowl;
“bird shed” means a building designed and constructed to house birds that has been sealed so as to be capable of containing the gas mixture specified in combination 1 in the table in Part V;
“breeder hen” means a domestic fowl which has reached laying maturity and is kept for production of eggs intended for hatching;
“chamber” means a bird shed or gas container in which birds are killed by exposure to a gas mixture;
“end of lay hen” means a laying hen no longer required for the production of eggs;
“end of life breeder hen” means a breeder hen no longer required for the production of hatching eggs;
“gas container” means a receptacle capable of containing the gas mixtures specified in combinations 2 or 3 in the table in Part V which meets the requirements specified in paragraph 5;
“gas mixture” means any of the mixtures of gases specified in the second column of the table in Part V; and
“laying hen” means a domestic fowl which has reached laying maturity and is kept for production of eggs not intended for hatching.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/731/schedule/7A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-slaughter-or-killing-regulations-1995/schedule-7A/paragraph-1
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