The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 No. 1782 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
Introductory Text
PART 1
1.Citation, extent, application and commencement
2.Expiry
3.Interpretation
4.The competent authority
PART 2
CHAPTER 1
5.Requirement for a certificate or temporary certificate
6.Operations which require a certificate or temporary certificate
7.Certificates
8.Conditions for a certificate
9.Temporary certificates
10.Conditions for a temporary certificate
11.Grant of certificates and temporary certificates
CHAPTER 2
12.Requirement for a licence
13.Operations which require a licence
14.Exceptions to the requirement for a licence
15.Licences
16.Conditions for a licence
17.Grant of licences
CHAPTER 3
18.Refusal to grant a certificate, temporary certificate or licence
19.Suspension or revocation of a certificate, temporary certificate or licence
20.Modification of a certificate or licence
21.Refusal to modify a certificate or licence
22.Appeals
23.WASK licences
24.Fees
PART 3
25.Additional requirements for slaughterhouses
26.Additional requirements for killing animals other than in slaughterhouses
27.Additional requirements for killing animals in accordance with religious rites
28.Killing animals other than those to which the EU Regulation applies
PART 4
29.Depopulation operations
PART 5
30.Offences: general
31.Obstruction offences
32.Offences by bodies corporate
33.Penalties
PART 6
34.Inspectors
35.Power to enter premises
36.Warrants
37.Power to inspect and seize
38.Enforcement notices
39.Appeals against enforcement notices
40.Power of local authority to prosecute
41.Time limit for prosecutions
PART 7
42.Notices
43.Consequential and supplementary amendments and revocation
44.Transitional provision: certificates
45.Transitional provision: slaughterhouses (layout, construction and equipment)
46.Review
47.Revocations
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SLAUGHTERHOUSES
PART 1
1.Interpretation
2.Scope
PART 2 Layout, construction and equipment of slaughterhouses
3.General requirements
4.Animals delivered other than in containers
5.Lairages other than field lairages
6.Field lairages
7.Shackle lines
8.Stunning pens
9.Facilities for horses
PART 3 Handling operations
10.General requirements
11.Inspection of animals
12.Animals which have experienced pain or suffering and unweaned animals
13.Animals delivered other than in containers
14.The driving of animals
15.Moving animals with care
16.Instruments for guiding animals
17.Lairaging of animals
PART 4 Restraining operations
18.General requirement
19.Restraining bovine animals
20.Suspending poultry
21.Shackle lines
22.Restraining operations
PART 5 Stunning and killing operations
23.General requirements
24.Penetrative captive bolt
25.Non-penetrative captive bolt
26.Percussive blow to the head
27.Electrical stunning other than by waterbath
28.Electrical stunning by waterbath
29.Exposure to gas – pigs
30.Exposure to gas – poultry
31.Bleeding or pithing
32.Horses
SCHEDULE 2
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING ANIMALS OTHER THAN IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES
PART 1 Introductory
1.Interpretation
2.Scope
3.Exemptions
PART 2 Layout, construction and equipment of premises
4.General requirements
5.Animals delivered other than in containers
6.Lairages other than field lairages
7.Field lairages
8.Shackle lines
9.Stunning pens
10.Facilities for horses
PART 3 Handling operations
11.General requirements
12.Inspection of animals
13.Animals which have experienced pain or suffering and unweaned animals
14.Emergency killing
15.Animals delivered other than in containers
16.The lifting or dragging of animals
17.The driving of animals
18.Moving animals with care
19.Instruments to guide animals
20.Instruments to make animals move
21.Treatment of animals
22.Lairaging of animals
23.Handling of animals delivered in containers
24.Killing of animals delivered in containers
25.Poultry awaiting killing at place of purchase
PART 4 Restraining operations
26.General requirement
27.Restraining bovine animals
28.Electric currents
29.Tying legs
30.Suspending animals
31.Shackle lines
32.Restraining operations
PART 5 Stunning and killing operations
33.General requirements
34.Penetrative captive bolt
35.Non-penetrative captive bolt
36.Percussive blow to the head
37.Electrical stunning other than by waterbath
38.Electrical stunning by waterbath
39.Exposure to gas – prohibition
40.Exposure to gas – pigs
41.Exposure to gas – poultry
42.Bleeding or pithing
43.Horses
44.Surplus chicks in hatchery waste
SCHEDULE 3
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING ANIMALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RELIGIOUS RITES
PART 1 Introductory
1.Interpretation
2.General prohibition
PART 2 Sheep, goats and bovine animals
3.Restraint of adult bovine animals
4.Use and maintenance of restraining pens
5.Method of killing
6.Handling of sheep, goats and bovine animals during killing
PART 3 Birds
7.Method of killing
8.Handling birds during killing
PART 4 Rabbinical Commission
9.Membership
10.Supplementary
SCHEDULE 4
KILLING ANIMALS OTHER THAN THOSE TO WHICH THE EU REGULATION APPLIES
1.Interpretation
2.Scope
3.Exemptions
4.Humane killing
5.Poultry, rabbits or hares bled for private domestic consumption
SCHEDULE 5
PROVISIONS OF THE EU REGULATION
SCHEDULE 6
CONSEQUENTIAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATION
1.Firearms Act 1968
2.Slaughterhouses Act 1974
3.Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
4.The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (England) Regulations 2009
5.The Gangmasters Licensing (Exclusions) Regulations 2013
6.The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014
SCHEDULE 7
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS (CERTIFICATES)
1.Operations in a slaughterhouse immediately before 1st January 2013
2.Simplified procedure for persons who have three years’ professional experience
SCHEDULE 8
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS (SLAUGHTERHOUSES)
1.Animals delivered other than in containers
2.Lairages other than field lairages
3.Field lairages
4.Shackle lines
5.Electrical stunning other than by waterbath
6.Electrical stunning by waterbath
7.Exposure to gas
Explanatory Note