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Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 3272

ANIMALS, ENGLAND

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

Made

13th December 2003

Laid before Parliament

15th December 2003

Coming into force—

Regulations 2(3) and 2(1)(to the extent that it applies to regulation 2(3))

6th January 2005

Remainder of these Regulations

6th January 2004

M1,M2 The Secretary of State, being designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of her powers under that section makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and apply to England only.

(2) Regulation 2(3) and regulation 2(1) (to the extent that it applies to regulation 2(3)) come into force on 6th January 2005.

(3) The remainder of these Regulations come into force on 6th January 2004.

Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995

M3 2. —(1) The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 are amended in accordance with the remaining paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 (the licensing of slaughtermen), the following is added after sub-paragraph 9(2)—

“ (3) Any person whose licence has been suspended or revoked under sub-paragraph (1) above shall, whether or not that suspension or revocation is the subject of an appeal pursuant to paragraph 11 below, surrender it to the Agency within 14 days of receipt of a notice informing him of the suspension or revocation. ” .

(3) In Schedule 4 (restraint of animals before stunning, slaughter or killing), the following is substituted for sub-paragraph 6(2)(c)—

“ (c) no bird is suspended for more than 3 minutes in the case of a turkey or 2 minutes in other cases before being stunned or killed. ” .

(4) In Schedule 6 (bleeding or pithing of animals), sub-paragraphs 2(3) and 2(4) are deleted.

(5) In Schedule 9 (slaughter or killing methods for the purpose of disease control), the following is added after subparagraph 2(f)—

“ (g) 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. ” .

Ben Bradshaw

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

13th December 2003

Status: There are outstanding changes not yet made by the editorial team to The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (2003/3272)
Version from: [subject to the status notice] 6 January 2004

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M1 S.I. 1972/1811 .
M2 1972 c. 68 .
M3 S.I. 1995/731 ; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/656 .
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