The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015

Restraining bovine animalsE+W

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27.  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.