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[F1For section 3 of that Act (regulations for securing humane conditions of slaughter) there is substituted—
(1)The Ministers may make regulations for the purpose of securing humane conditions and practices in connection with the slaughter of birds to which this Act applies.
(2)The regulations may—
(a)specify conditions to be observed in connection with the confinement and treatment of any such birds while awaiting slaughter and in connection with the slaughter of any such birds;
(b)prohibit the slaughter of any such birds or any activity connected with their slaughter—
(i)on premises to which the regulations apply, or
(ii)by methods or in circumstances of any description specified in the regulations,
except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence under the regulations;
(c)require occupiers of premises to which the regulations apply to secure that the provisions of the regulations are complied with on the premises;
(d)make different provision for different cases;
(e)provide, in the case of any contravention of any provision of the regulations, for the creation of offences and their punishment on summary conviction with a fine of an amount not exceeding that specified in the regulations.
(3)The regulations may include provision in respect of—
(a)the granting, modification, suspension and revocation of licences by local authorities and, in connection with those matters, the charging of such reasonable fees as the authority concerned may determine;
(b)the requirements to be satisfied for the granting of licences and the conditions to which they are to be subject; and
(c)the duration of licences.
(4)The amount that may be specified under subsection (2)(e) of this section is an amount not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(5)Subsections (2) and (3) of this section are without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) of this section.
(6)The Ministers shall, before making any regulations under this section, consult with such persons or bodies as seem to them representative of the interests concerned.
(7)The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 6 repealed (S.) (1.1.2013) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/321), reg. 1(b), Sch. 5 Pt. 1
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