SCHEDULE 8Additional provisions for the Slaughter or Killing of Horses in Slaughterhouses and Knackers' Yards
1
Subject to paragraph 3, no person shall slaughter or kill, or cause or permit to be slaughtered or killed, any horse in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard except in a room or a bay which has been provided for the slaughter or killing of horses by the occupier of the slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard in accordance with paragraph 2(e) of Schedule 2 (which relates to additional provisions for horses).
2
Subject to paragraph 3, no person shall slaughter or kill, or cause or permit to be slaughtered or killed, any horse in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard—
a
in a room or bay in which there are the remains of a horse or other animal; or
b
within sight of any other horse.
3
Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply in the case of a horse slaughtered or killed in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 (which relates to emergency slaughter and killing).