Surplus chicks in hatchery wasteE+W
44.—(1) No person may kill surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old in hatchery waste except by one of the following methods—
(a)maceration in accordance with Table 1 of Chapter I and Chapter II of Annex I;
(b)exposure to a gas mixture in accordance with Table 3 of Chapter I and Chapter II of Annex I and this paragraph; or
(c)where there is no other method available for killing, cervical dislocation in accordance with Table 1 of Chapter I and Chapter II of Annex I.
(2) No person may kill surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old in hatchery waste by exposure to a gas mixture unless the chicks are placed in the gas mixture and remain in the gas mixture until dead.
(3) The killing of surplus chicks which are less than 72 hours old in hatchery waste must be as rapid as possible.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 44 in force at 20.5.2014, see reg. 1(c)