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The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

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10.  The business operator and any person engaged in the movement or lairaging of animals shall ensure that—

(a)every animal is unloaded as soon as possible after its arrival and, if delay in unloading is unavoidable, it is protected from adverse weather conditions and is provided with adequate ventilation;

(b)when unloaded, every animal is protected from adverse weather conditions and is provided with adequate ventilation;

(c)if an animal has been subjected to high temperatures in humid weather, it is cooled by appropriate means;

(d)any animals which might injure each other on account of their species, sex, age or origin or for any other reason are kept and lairaged apart from each other;

(e)pending the slaughter or killing of a sick or disabled animal it is kept apart from any animal which is not sick or disabled; and

(f)no person drags an animal which has been stunned or killed over any other animal which has not been stunned or killed.

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