The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Wales) Regulations 2014

Exemptions

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.