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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014, PART 1.
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1. In this Schedule, “animal” (“anifail”) means solipeds, ruminants, pigs, rabbits, poultry or ratites.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 20.5.2014, see reg. 1(c)
2.—(1) This Schedule applies to—
(a)the killing of animals in a knacker’s yard;
(b)the killing of poultry or rabbits on the farm for the purpose of directly supplying small quantities of meat by the producer to the final consumer or to local retail establishments supplying such meat directly to the final consumer as fresh meat in accordance with Article 11; and
(c)the killing of animals other than in a slaughterhouse or in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) But in the case of animals killed in the circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c)—
(a)Parts 2 and 3 do not apply; and
(b)Part 4 does not apply unless the animal is killed by bleeding.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 20.5.2014, see reg. 1(c)
3.—(1) Nothing in this Schedule applies to—
(a)the killing of an animal in a slaughterhouse;
(b)the killing of an animal for the purpose of disease control unless it is stunned by penetrative captive bolt or electrocution in which case it must be stunned in accordance with paragraphs 34, 37 or 38 of Part 5 (as the case may be);
(c)the killing of a pig, sheep or goat by its owner for the owner’s private domestic consumption unless it is killed by bleeding in which case it must be stunned and bled in accordance with Part 5; or
(d)the killing of surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old or embryos in hatchery waste provided that paragraph 44 is complied with.
(2) In this paragraph, “disease control” (“rheoli clefyd”) means the control by the competent authority of any disease which is notifiable by or under the provisions of the Animal Health Act 1981(1) or in pursuance of any EU obligation.
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 20.5.2014, see reg. 1(c)
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