The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995

• Ensure competent person available for animal welfare at all timesOccupier

• Ensure workers are trained and have access to animal welfare codesOccupier

• Handle and stun animals in slaughterhouses and knackers’ yards according to SchedulesOperator

• Handle animals humanely from arrival to killing in slaughterhousesAny Person

• Follow Schedule 9 welfare rules when slaughtering for disease controlAny Person

• Kill farmed foxes and mink in accordance with Schedule 10Any Person

• Kill surplus chicks and embryos rapidly and in accordance with Schedule 11Any Person

• Provide suitable accommodation and food/water for birds upon arrivalOccupier

• Do not obstruct or give false information to inspectorsAny Person

• Contravene animal slaughter welfare requirementsAny Person

• Breach welfare rules (defence of necessity available)Any Person

Unlimited fine

• Ensure premises are safe for animals and have proper stunning/stunning equipmentOccupier

• Ensure animal unloading and handling facilities meet welfare standardsOccupier

• Ensure lairages meet welfare standards for animals delivered without containersOccupier

• Maintain field lairage to protect animal health and safetyOccupier

• Design and position shackle lines to minimise bird distress and ensure accessibilityOccupier

• Use guiding instruments only for guiding animals, brieflyOccupier

• Restrict use of electric goads on animalsAny Person

• Do not mistreat animals during slaughter or killingAny Person

• Provide bedding, water, food and space for lairaged animalsOccupier

• Handle animal containers safely and unload animals with careOccupier

• Slaughter or kill container-transported animals promptly and provide water and food if delayedOccupier

• Provide proper accommodation and food/water for birds upon arrival at slaughter premisesOccupier

• Protect animal welfare during unloading and lairagingOccupier

• Inspect animals for health and condition twice dailyOccupier

• Immediately slaughter or kill suffering or unweaned animalsOccupier

• Handle non-ambulatory animals humanely: no dragging, slaughter on site or transport on trolleyOccupier

• Handle animals humanely on arrival — do not frighten, overturn or delay slaughterOccupier

• Do not lift or drag animals by sensitive body partsAny Person

• Do not drive animals over slippery floors in slaughterhousesAny Person

• Move all animals with care, leading individually when necessaryOccupier

• Restrain animals properly before stunning, slaughter or killingAny Person

• Properly confine adult bovine animals before stunning in slaughterhouses and knacker's yards, and ensure restraint for religious slaughterAny Person

• Do not tie the legs of any animal during slaughter or killingAny Person

• Do not suspend animals before stunning or killing (with conditions for birds)Any Person

• Position animals correctly for head stunning or killingOccupier

• Do not use electric stunning/killing equipment to restrain, immobilise or move animalsAny Person

• Operate shackle lines and equipment only under strict welfare conditionsAny Person

• Ensure waterbath stunners meet contact and current requirementsAny Person

• Do not use waterbath stunners unless conditions are metAny Person

• Ensure a qualified person checks waterbath stunners and handles failuresAny Person

• Kill animals only by approved methodsAny Person

• Do not kill animals by electrocution without sufficient current and prior stunningAny Person

• Use stunning and killing equipment correctly for rapid, effective resultsOccupier

• Do not stun an animal unless you can bleed, pith or kill it immediatelyAny Person

• Use only approved stunning methods for animalsAny Person

• Use captive bolt instruments correctly and avoid prohibited shot placementsAny Person

• Check captive bolt is fully retracted after each shotAny Person

• Use correct equipment to stun animals by concussionAny Person

• Do not stun animals with electrodes unless specific conditions metAny Person

• Only use electrical stunning equipment with safety and monitoring devicesAny Person

• Bleed or pith stunned animals without delayOccupier

• Bleed stunned animals rapidly and completely; wait minimum times before further processingAny Person

• Perform stunning and bleeding operations consecutively per animalAny Person

• Have a person present to check automatic neck cutters and intervene if they failOccupier

• Handle birds humanely and ensure safe gas-killing chamber operationOccupier

• Design, construct and maintain pig gas chambers to welfare standardsOccupier

• Ensure safe operation and maintenance of pig gas chambers and staff trainingOccupier

• Ensure safe CO2 concentration and chamber operation for pig slaughterOccupier

• Ensure gas chambers for birds meet welfare construction standardsOccupier

• Ensure safe operation of gas killing chamber and proper staff trainingOccupier

• Notify Scottish Ministers before killing end-of-lay or end-of-life breeder hensAny Person

• Prevent bird welfare problems and get vet approval before gas killingOccupier

• Ensure gas-kill chambers for birds are properly constructed and monitoredOperator

• Operate gas chamber to humanely kill birdsOperator

• Only slaughter horses in designated room or bayAny Person

• Do not slaughter horses near remains or within sight of other horsesAny Person

• Use only approved methods when culling animals for disease controlAny Person

• Ensure electric current is sufficient to kill immediately when slaughtering animals for disease controlAny Person

• Use captive bolt stunners correctly on animals for disease controlAny Person

• Check captive bolt instrument after each shot and repair if neededAny Person

• Kill farmed foxes only by lethal injection with anaestheticAny Person

• Kill mink only by approved methodsAny Person

• Only use approved lethal injection to kill farmed minkAny Person

• Kill mink humanely using carbon monoxide in a safe chamberAny Person

• Kill mink humanely using carbon dioxide chamberAny Person

• Use only permitted methods to kill surplus chicksAny Person

• Use only approved mechanical apparatus with rotating blades to kill surplus chicksAny Person

• Follow specified procedure when killing surplus chicks with gasAny Person

• Sever spinal cord and blood vessels when killing surplus chicks by neck dislocationAny Person

• Kill embryos in hatchery waste only by approved mechanical apparatusAny Person

• Use only approved mechanical apparatus that kills embryos instantlyAny Person

• Wait before further dressing or electrical stimulation after religious slaughter of birdsOccupier

• Do not slaughter cattle by religious method unless upright in an approved penAny Person

• Use and maintain restraining pens for bovine animals in slaughterhouseOccupier

• Follow strict handling rules during religious slaughterOccupier

• Inspect knife and use correct method for religious slaughter without stunningAny Person

• Do not move non-stunned animals before they lose consciousnessOccupier

• Use correct knife and technique when slaughtering birds by religious methodAny Person