Amendment to the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
4. The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) are amended by the insertion of the following regulation immediately after regulation 3 (application and exemptions) –
“Immobilisation after stunning
3A.—(1) Nothing in these Regulations shall be taken as permitting the immobilisation, on or after 11th June 2001, of any bovine, ovine or caprine animal prior to slaughtering it for sale for human or animal consumption.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a)the “immobilisation” of an animal means the laceration, after stunning, of its central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity; and
(b)“sale” includes supply, otherwise than on sale, in the course of a business, whether carried on for profit or not.”.
S.R. 1996 No. 558 as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 76, S.R. 2000 No. 78 and S.R. 2001 No. 66