The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012

Made: 22nd February 2012

Laid before Parliament: 28th February 2012

Coming into force: 6th April 2012

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Citation, commencement and application

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Amendments of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995

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Amendment of regulation 15

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Insertion of regulation 26A

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Insertion of regulation 29

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Amendment of Schedule 5

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Amendment of Schedule 7

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Amendment of Schedule 7A

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Signed

Jim Paice — Minister of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 22nd February 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations, which apply to England only, amend the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (S.I.1995/731) (“the 1995 Regulations”) which govern the movement, lairaging, restraint, stunning, slaughter and killing of animals bred or kept for the production of meat, skin, fur or other products. The 1995 Regulations give effect to Council Directive 93/119/EC on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing (OJ No. L 340, 31.12.1993, p.21).

These Regulations insert regulation 26A in the 1995 Regulations to extend the time limit for bringing prosecutions for offences under the 1995 Regulations.

These Regulations insert regulation 29 in the 1995 Regulations which requires the Secretary of State to review the operation and effect of the 1995 Regulations in England and publish a report within five years of 6th April 2012 and within every five years after that.

Schedule 7 of the 1995 Regulations is amended to permit the use of a biphasic carbon dioxide gas mixture to kill birds in a slaughterhouse.

Schedule 7A of the 1995 Regulations is amended to extend the range of birds that can be killed by exposure to gas mixtures on the premises where they have been kept for the production of meat, eggs or other products to include not only hens but also all domestic fowl, turkeys, pheasants, quail, partridges, geese, ducks or guinea fowl.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Animal Welfare Division of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and section 3(3) of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The function of the former Minister of Agriculture of making regulations under section 2(2) was transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794).

[^f00002]: S.I. 1972/1811.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1995/731; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/3830 and 2007/402.

[^f00004]: Regulation 15 was substituted in relation to England by S.I. 2007/402. Corresponding amendments were made in relation to Wales and Scotland.

[^f00005]: 1980 c.43.

[^f00006]: OJ No L 340, 31.12.1993, p.21, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 (OJ No L3, 5.1.2005, p1).

[^f00007]: Paragraph 13 was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2007/402. Corresponding amendments were made in relation to Wales and Scotland.

[^f00008]: Schedule 7 was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2001/3830. Corresponding amendments were made in relation to Scotland.

[^f00009]: Schedule 7A was inserted in relation to England by S.I. 2007/402. Corresponding insertions were made in relation to Wales and Scotland.

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Editorial notes

[^key-ecfbdea2d62652883c51ad7a5953e272]: Regulations revoked (20.5.2014) by The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1240), regs. 1(4), 47(2)(f)