SCHEDULE 2ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING ANIMALS OTHER THAN IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES
PART 5Stunning and killing operations
Percussive blow to the head36
1
No person may stun an animal using a non-mechanical percussive blow to the head.
2
But the prohibition in sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to rabbits, provided that the operation is carried out in such a way that the rabbit is immediately rendered unconscious and remains so until it is dead.