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Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
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Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
2.—(1) The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) are amended in accordance with the remaining paragraphs.
(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) shall, whether or not that suspension or revocation is the subject of an appeal pursuant to paragraph 11, surrender it to the Department within 14 days of receipt of a notice informing them 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 sub-paragraph 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”.
(1)
S.R. 1996 No. 558 as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 76, S.R. 2001 No. 66 and S.R. 2002 No. 304
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