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Paragraph 2 Permitted methods of slaughtering or killing animals for the purpose of disease controlF1I1

England, Wales and Scotland

No person shall slaughter or kill any animal for the purpose of disease control, or cause or permit any animal to be slaughtered or killed for that purpose, except by one of the following methods—

(a)

free bullet;

(b)

electrocution;

(c)

exposure to carbon dioxide or to a lethal concentration of other gases or gas mixtures;

(d)

for F2... birds, dislocation of the neck;

(e)

captive bolt, provided that—

(i)

the animal is either pithed or the blood vessels in its neck are severed without delay afterwards and in any event before the animal regains consciousness; and

(ii)

apart from the requirements in (i) above, nothing more is done to the animal before it has been ascertained that the animal is dead; or

(f)

lethal injection of—

(i)

a drug with anaesthetic properties which causes rapid loss of consciousness followed by death; or

(ii)

any other compound if preceded by the induction of anaesthesia F3; or

(F4g)

for birds, a pneumatic or cartridge operated percussive device producing immediate death, provided that nothing more is done to a bird before it has been ascertained that the bird is dead

(h)

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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

Words in Sch. 9 para. 2(d) omitted (S.) (1.1.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/321), regs. 1(b), 30(2)(g) (with reg. 30(3))

F3

Word in Sch. 9 para. 2 inserted (S.) (12.2.2004) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/13), regs. 1(b), 2(4)

F4

Sch. 9 para. 2(g) inserted: (E.) (6.1.2004) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3272), regs. 1(3), 2(5); (S.) (12.2.2004) by The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/13), regs. 1(b), 2(4); and (W.) (12.9.2007) by Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2461), regs. 1(2), 2(9)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 9 para. 2 in force at 1.4.1995, see reg. 1(1)