The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000

Made21st December 2000

Laid before Parliament21st December 2000

Coming into force30th January 2001

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement1

These Regulations extend to England only, may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 30th January 2001.

Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 19952

In Schedule 11, paragraph 3, to the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 19953, for sub-paragraph (2)(c) there shall be substituted the following:

c
a maximum of 30% carbon dioxide by volume and a minimum of 60% argon (or other inert gas) by volume in atmospheric air, with no more than 2% residual oxygen.

Elliot MorleyParliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food21st December 2000.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

1

These Regulations amend the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (the 1995 Regulations).

2

They substitute a new paragraph 3(2)(c) of Schedule 11 to the 1995 Regulations, so as to permit a new gas mixture for killing surplus chicks.

3

No Regulatory Impact Assessment has been conducted in relation to these Regulations.