- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Occupier3
Any Person2
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
sch. 10 para. 1
sch. 10 para. 1
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Inspectors must perform detailed post-mortem checks on adult cattleStatutory regulator
s.004
Issue of licences
Regulated
- Obtain a licence before using premises as a slaughterhouse, cutting premises, cold store or farmed game facilityAny Person
s.015
Transport documentation
Regulated
- Ensure fresh meat has correct transport documentsOccupier
s.019
Conditions on the admission of dead or slaughtered animals
Regulated
- Do not bring dead or improperly slaughtered animals into a slaughterhouseAny Person
32 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 4
sch. 4
sch. 5
sch. 5
sch. 6 para. 1
sch. 6 para. 1
sch. 6 para. 2
sch. 6 para. 2
sch. 6 para. 3
sch. 6 para. 3
s.001
Title and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Exemption
s.005
Revocation of licences
s.006
Appeals Tribunal
s.007
Prohibition on the slaughter at a slaughterhouse or a farmed game handling facility of an animal not intended for human consumption
s.008
Supervision of premises
s.009
Designation of official veterinary surgeons
s.010
Powers of official veterinary surgeons and veterinary officers
s.011
Inspection and health marking
s.012
Control of times of slaughter, cutting up and admission or despatch of animals or products from premises
s.013
Notice of slaughter
s.014
General Conditions
s.016
Alternative accommodation for dirty or dead animals
s.017
Period of time for keeping an animal in a lairage
s.018
Conditions on the admission of diseased or injured animals
s.020
Records of inspections
s.021
Duties of occupier
s.022
Offences and penalties
s.023
Application of various sections of
s.024
Information to be provided by the local authorities
s.025
Enforcement
s.026
Revocations
s.027
Amendments
Schedules
Schedules
2 of 64 shown
s.sch002
In the case of a slaughterhouse where swine and other...
Regulated
- Provide suitable accommodation and separation for swine slaughterOccupier
s.sch009
The occupier and persons engaged in the handling of fresh...
Regulated
- Ensure fresh meat hygiene during slaughter and dressingOccupier
62 other schedules
s.sch001
All slaughterhouses, cutting premises and cold stores shall have—
s.sch001
Every room in any slaughterhouse, cutting premises or cold store...
s.sch002
In addition to the general requirements contained in Schedule 1...
s.sch002
The room and facilities referred to in sub-paragraph 1(j) above...
s.sch003
In addition to the general requirements contained in Schedule 1...
s.sch005
All low throughput slaughterhouses and low throughput cutting premises shall...
s.sch005
The equipment and rooms referred to in paragraph 1(h) and...
s.sch005
Every room in any low throughput slaughterhouse or cutting premises...
s.sch006
The occupier of every low throughput farmed game processing facility...
s.sch007
Every person engaged in slaughtering animals or working on or...
s.sch007
No person shall— (a) urinate, defecate or spit on the...
s.sch007
Every person entering an approved premises shall, before handling any...
s.sch008
Subject to paragraph 2 below, animals intended for slaughter for...
s.sch008
An animal to which the provisions of regulation 21 of...
s.sch008
The ante-mortem health inspection shall be made under adequate natural...
s.sch008
The ante-mortem health inspection shall determine— (a) whether the animals...
s.sch008
Animals shall not be slaughtered for the production of fresh...
s.sch008
(1) An animal which shows any of the conditions mentioned...
s.sch008
In the case of a live animal imported into the...
s.sch009
In any slaughterhouse— (1) where bovine animals, sheep, goats, solipeds...
s.sch010
Where an inspector or official veterinary surgeon is satisfied that...
s.sch010
Where the blood or offal of several animals is collected...
s.sch010
Fresh meat from horses shall be examined for trichinellosis and...
s.sch010
Where the appropriate Minister so directs, an official veterinary surgeon...
s.sch010
Without prejudice to paragraph 13 above, where the appropriate Minister...
s.sch010
(1) Where an inspector or official veterinary surgeon is satisfied...
s.sch010
An inspector or official veterinary surgeon shall regard either of...
s.sch010
Where an inspector or official veterinary surgeon is satisfied that...
s.sch010
Where an inspector or official veterinary surgeon is satisfied that...
s.sch010
Every person who causes any part of a carcase or...
s.sch010
Where an inspector or official veterinary surgeon is satisfied that...
s.sch011
The occupier of the cutting premises shall ensure that—
s.sch011
Notwithstanding sub-paragraphs 1(d), (e) and (f) above and sub-paragraph 1(q)...
s.sch012
Subject to paragraph 2 below, the health mark shall consist...
s.sch012
In the case of the fresh meat and farmed game...
s.sch012
(1) Carcases weighing more than 65 kg shall have the...
s.sch012
Livers (including sliced livers) of bovine animals, swine and solipeds...
s.sch012
Cuts obtained in cutting premises from carcases marked with the...
s.sch012
Cuts of pig belly and back fat from which the...
s.sch012
No colour shall be used for marking fresh meat in...
s.sch014
The occupier of the cold store shall ensure that fresh...
s.sch014
The occupier of the cold store shall ensure that—
s.sch015
The occupier of any premises at which fresh meat is...
s.sch015
The occupier of any cold store shall ensure that fresh...
s.sch016
The health certificate which will accompany the fresh meat shall...
s.sch016
The health certificate shall be provided by the appropriate Minister...
s.sch017
Subject to sub-paragraph 1(q) of Schedule 9, fresh meat shall...
s.sch017
The interior surfaces of vehicles used for the transport of...
s.sch017
(1) Vehicles used for the transport of fresh meat shall...
s.sch017
Vehicles used for conveying live animals or any substance which...
s.sch017
Fresh meat shall not be transported in the same vehicle...
s.sch017
Stomachs shall be scalded or cleaned and feet and heads...
s.sch017
Fresh meat shall not be transported in vehicles which are...
s.sch017
Carcases, half carcases, wholesale cuts of half carcases and quarter...
s.sch017
The viscera may only be transported in strong, clean and...
s.sch021
Each Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman or a Deputy...
s.sch021
(1) The Chairman or Deputy Chairman shall be an independent...
s.sch021
Each Tribunal may be serviced by a Secretary and such...
s.sch021
The terms of appointment and the remuneration of the members,...
s.sch022
Registered Medical Practitioner; or
s.sch022
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; or
s.sch022
The holder of a valid— (a) Certificate or Diploma of...
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