SCHEDULE 2ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KILLING ANIMALS OTHER THAN IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES

PART 4Restraining operations

Restraining bovine animals27

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 26, no person may stun an adult bovine animal in a knacker’s yard unless at the time it is stunned—

a

it is confined in a stunning pen which is in good working order; or

b

its head is securely fastened in such a position so as to enable it to be stunned without infliction of avoidable pain, distress or suffering.