The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 153

Requirements when carrying out a permitted procedure N.I.

3.  Section 5(1) and (2) of the Act does not apply to a procedure listed in Schedules 1 to 11 carried out by a lay person, providing it is carried out—

(a) in accordance with any relevant requirement in those Schedules;

(b) in such a way as to minimise the pain and suffering it causes to the protected animal;

(c) in hygienic conditions; and

(d) in accordance with best practice.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in operation at 2.4.2012, see reg. 1