The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Offences

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23.—(1) It is an offence for a person to contravene, or to cause or permit a person to contravene—

(a)regulation 5 (requirement for a certificate or temporary certificate);

(b)any of paragraphs 3 to 32 of Schedule 1 (additional requirements for slaughterhouses);

(c)any of paragraphs 4 to 43 of Schedule 2 (additional requirements for killing animals other than in slaughterhouses);

(d)any of paragraphs 2 to 8 of Schedule 3 (additional requirements for slaughtering animals in accordance with religious rites);

(e)paragraphs 4 or 5 of Schedule 4 (killing animals other than those to which the EU Regulation applies);

(f)a provision of the EU Regulation specified in Schedule 5, except where it is not necessary to comply with the provision by virtue of—

(i)an exemption or transitional provision specified in the EU Regulation; or

(ii)a derogation granted by the competent authority under Article 18(3) in relation to a depopulation operation; or

(g)until 8th December 2019, any of paragraphs 1 to 7 of Schedule 8, to the extent that they apply by virtue of regulation 37 (transitional provisions: slaughterhouses).

(2) It is an offence for a person to fail to comply with an enforcement notice under regulation 31.