Slaughterhouses
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18.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may designate slaughterhouses for the purposes of slaughtering animals transported out of a restricted zone.
(2) The conditions of any designation must be such as to ensure that the slaughterhouse operates in accordance with the Commission Regulation.
(3) The operator of a slaughterhouse in a surveillance zone may only slaughter an animal from a protection zone if licensed to do so by the Scottish Ministers.