General requirements
4. The business operator must ensure that—
(a)it has suitable equipment and facilities available for the purpose of unloading animals from means of transport;
(b)there are no sharp edges or protrusions with which an animal may come into contact;
(c)the place of killing is sited in such a way as to minimise handling of the animal at any time up to the point of killing;
(d)any instrument, restraining equipment, other equipment or installation which is used for stunning or killing is designed, constructed and maintained so as to facilitate rapid and effective stunning or killing; and
(e)any defect found in back-up stunning or killing equipment is rectified forthwith.