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Paragraph 7 F1F2

Scotland

Birds may only be killed by exposure to gas mixtures elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse in accordance with the combinations of gas mixtures and chamber specified in the table below.

Combination table

Gas mixtureChamber
Combination 1Carbon dioxide in a concentration of not less than 45% carbon dioxide by volume in atmospheric air.bird shed
Combination 2Carbon dioxide in a concentration of not less than 45% carbon dioxide by volume in atmospheric air.gas container
Combination 3

Any mixture of argon and carbon dioxide, or other inert gas and carbon dioxide, in atmospheric air where–

  1. (a)

    the concentration of the argon, or the other inert gas, does not exceed 80% by volume;

  2. (b)

    the concentration of carbon dioxide does not exceed 20% by volume; and

  3. (c)

    the final concentration of oxygen does not exceed 5% by volume.

gas container

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. 7A inserted (S.) (6.4.2007) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/150), regs. 1(1), 2(6)