SCHEDULE 1ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SLAUGHTERHOUSES

PART 5Stunning and killing operations

Percussive blow to the headI126

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.