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The Slaughter of Animals (Humane Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1990

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II CONSTRUCTION, LAYOUT AND EQUIPMENT OF SLAUGHTERHOUSES, KNACKERS YARDS AND LAIRAGES

    1. 3.Construction, layout and equipment of slaughterhouses, knackers' yards and lairages

    2. 4.Unloading of animals

  4. PART III CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONFINEMENT AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS AWAITING SLAUGHTER

    1. 5.Humane handling of animals

    2. 6.Provision of water and food

    3. 7.Space standards and bedding

    4. 8.Lairages and fields

    5. 9.Penning etc of animals

  5. PART IV CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STUNNING AND SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS

    1. 10.Responsibilities of slaughtermen

    2. 11.Responsibilities of occupier for unfit and young animals

  6. PART V STUNNING PENS AND STUNNING EQUIPMENT

    1. 12.Provision of stunning pens

    2. 13.Removal of exemption from requirement to provide stunning pens

    3. 14.Methods of stunning

    4. 15.Design of stunning pens

    5. 16.Use of stunning equipment

    6. 17.Stunning and sticking

    7. 18.Treatment of stunned or slaughtered animals

    8. 19.Prohibition of casting pens and saving

  7. PART VI ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER AND SAVING

    1. 20.Religious slaughter of bovines

    2. 21.Maintenance of restraining pens

    3. 22.Handling of animals during slaughter

    4. 23.Method of slaughter

    5. 24.Handling of animals after religious slaughter

  8. PART VII QUALIFICATIONS OF SLAUGHTERMEN

    1. 25.Qualifications of slaughtermen

  9. PART VIII ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR KNACKERS YARDS

    1. 26.Prohibition of use of horses for work

    2. 27.Prohibition of removal of live animals from knacker’s yards

  10. PART IX ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR HORSES

    1. 28.Lairages for horses

    2. 29.Slaughter of horses

  11. PART X NOTICES, RECORDS AND RETURNS

    1. 30.Records of horses or carcases of horses

    2. 31.Records of other animals and carcases in knacker’s yards

    3. 32.Retention of records

    4. 33.Production of records for inspection

  12. PART XI OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

    1. 34.Penalties

    2. 35.Action following on contravention

  13. PART XII REVOCATIONS

    1. 36.Revocations

  14. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      REVOCATIONS

  16. Explanatory Note

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