Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

2.  Schedule 7, Part III, to the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1), shall be amended as follows –

(a) for paragraph 7(2) there shall be substituted the following:

“(2) In this Part “gas mixture” means either –

(a) argon, nitrogen or other inert gases, or any mixture of these gases, in atmospheric air with a maximum of 2% oxygen by volume; or

(b) any mixture of argon, nitrogen, or other inert gases with atmospheric air and carbon dioxide provided that the carbon dioxide concentration does not exceed 30% by volume and the oxygen concentration does not exceed 2% by volume.”;

(b) in paragraph 8(c)(iii)(bb) (which provides for a warning signal if the concentration of carbon dioxide rises above or falls below certain levels) for the words “falls below 25% or rises above 30%” there shall be substituted the words “rises above 30%”; and

(c) in paragraph 10(b)(ii) (which provides that no bird shall enter the chamber if the displayed concentration of carbon dioxide is above or below a certain volume) for the words “below 25% by volume or above 30% by volume” there shall be substituted the words “above 30% by volume”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 558 as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 76 and S.R. 2001 No. 66