The Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 2 QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR NOMINATION UNDER REGULATION 10

A person has the qualifications necessary under regulation 10 if the following description applies to him.

1.—(1) He has sufficient knowledge of the Actand of Regulations and codes of practice made under the Act and of methods of stunning and slaughter to enable him to discharge his duties pursuant to arrangements made under section 6(2) of the Act;and

(2) he is able to ascertain whether automatic equipment used (on premises which are to be placed, or are, under his supervision pursuant to arrangements made under section 6(2) of the Act) for stunning or slaughtering or severing one or more major blood vessels of the neck with the object of causing death is working effectively and is able to give advice, in the event of such equipment not working effectively, as to the action to be taken to avoid unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress to any bird; and

(3) (a) he is a veterinary surgeon, or

(b) he is the holder of a certificate described in paragraph 2 below,and has a qualification described in paragraph 3 below.

2.  A certificate for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(b) is a certificate issued by a veterinary surgeon designated for the purposes of the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) Regulations 1976 or the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1976 certifying that

(a) the holder has demonstrated that he is a competent person to slaughter a bird and to stun a bird, and

(b) the holder has a sufficient appreciation of the importance of the protection of birds whilst awaiting and during slaughter against unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress and a sufficient knowledge of the action to be taken where unnecessary pain or unnecessary distress is observed.

3.  A person has a qualification for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(b) if he is

(a) an inspector for the purposes of the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) Regulations 1976 or the Poultry Meat (Hygiene) (Scotland) Regulations 1976, or

(b) the holder of one or more of the following certificates or diplomas, namely

(i) Certificate or Diploma of the former Public Health Inspectors Education Board,

(ii) Certificate of Registration of the Environmental Health Officers Registration Board,

(iii) Diploma in Environmental Health of the former Environmental Health Officers Education Board,

(iv) Diploma in Environmental Health of the Institution of Environmental Health Officers,

(v) Certificate of the former Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Examination Joint Board,

(vi) Certificate of the former Sanitary Inspectors Examination Board,

(vii) Certificate in Meat Inspection of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health,

(viii) Certificate or Diploma of the former Royal Sanitary Association of Scotland in sanitary science, law, administration and food inspection,

(ix) Certificate or Diploma of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland.