The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014 No. 951 (W. 92)

SCHEDULE 1 E+W ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SLAUGHTERHOUSES

PART 5 E+W Stunning and killing operations

Percussive blow to the head E+W

26.—(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.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 26 in force at 20.5.2014, see reg. 1(c)