Exceptions to the requirement for a certificate or temporary certificateS
6.—(1) Regulation 5(2)(a) and (b) does not require a certificate or temporary certificate for an operation specified there if the operation is carried out in relation to the killing of an animal other than for human consumption in the following circumstances—
(a)killing in the field by means of a free bullet; or
(b)killing of a bird by means of cervical dislocation or decapitation on premises forming part of an agricultural holding on which the bird was reared.
(2) Regulation 5(2)(c) to (e) does not require a certificate or temporary certificate for an operation specified there if the operation is carried out in relation to the killing of an animal other than for human consumption in the following circumstances—
(a)emergency killing of an animal;
(b)killing surplus chicks or embryos in hatchery waste;
(c)killing in the field by means of a free bullet;
(d)killing a bird by means of cervical dislocation or decapitation on premises forming part of an agricultural holding on which the bird was reared;
(e)killing for the purpose of depopulation;
(f)subject to regulation 5(1)(b), the killing of fur animals;
(g)killing by a veterinary surgeon acting in the exercise of that person's profession or by a person acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon so acting; or
(h)killing an animal in circumstances which are outwith the scope of the EU Regulation by virtue of Article 1(3).