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

Restraining bovine animals

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26.  Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 25, no person may stun a bovine animal in a killing establishment unless at the time it is stunned—

(a)it is confined in a stunning facility which is in good working order; or

(b)its head is securely fastened in such a position so as to enable it to be stunned without infliction of avoidable pain, distress or suffering.