The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012

Operations requiring certificate or temporary certificateS

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5.—(1) The operations referred to in regulation 4 are—

(a)a slaughter operation specified in Article 7(2)(a) to (g) for which a certificate is required by the EU Regulation;

(b)supervising the killing of fur animals under Article 7(3); or

(c)an operation specified in paragraph (2) for which a certificate is not required by the EU Regulation.

(2) The operations referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are—

(a)subject to regulation 6, a slaughter operation specified in Article 7(2)(a) to (f) which is carried out other than in a slaughterhouse and for the purposes specified in Article 10 (private domestic consumption) by a person other than the owner of the animal;

(b)subject to regulation 6, a slaughter operation specified in Article 7(2)(a) to (f) which is carried out other than in a slaughterhouse for the purposes specified in Article 11 (direct supply of small quantities of poultry, rabbits and hares);

(c)subject to regulation 6, any of the following operations carried out in relation to the killing of an animal other than for human consumption—

(i)the restraint of an animal for the purpose of stunning;

(ii)the stunning of an animal;

(iii)the assessment of effectiveness of stunning of an animal;

(iv)the shackling or hoisting of an animal (other than a bird) while alive; or

(v)the bleeding of an animal;

(d)subject to regulation 6, the pithing of a stunned animal; or

(e)subject to regulation 6, the assessment of effectiveness of pithing of an animal.