Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 No. 558

SCHEDULE 4 Restraint of Animals before Stunning, Slaughter or Killing

8.  No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, any electrical stunning or killing equipment or any other instrument which applies an electric current to animals—

(a) as a means of restraining any animal;

(b) as a means of immobilising any animal; or

(c) except in accordance with paragraph 11 of Schedule 3, as a means of making any animal move.