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Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 3272The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003(The document as of February, 2008. Arhiv.Online Library) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2003 No. 3272ANIMALS, ENGLANDPREVENTION OF CRUELTYThe Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003
The Secretary of State, being designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of her powers under that section makes the following Regulations: Title, extent and commencement 1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 and apply to England only. (2) Regulation 2(3) and regulation 2(1) (to the extent that it applies to regulation 2(3)) come into force on 6th January 2005. (3) The remainder of these Regulations come into force on 6th January 2004. Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 2. - (1) The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995[3] are amended in accordance with the remaining paragraphs of this regulation. (2) In Schedule 1 (the licensing of slaughtermen), the following is added after sub-paragraph 9(2) -
(3) In Schedule 4 (restraint of animals before stunning, slaughter or killing), the following is substituted for sub-paragraph 6(2)(c) -
(4) In Schedule 6 (bleeding or pithing of animals), sub-paragraphs 2(3) and 2(4) are deleted.
(This note is not part of the Regulations) 1.These Regulations, which apply to England only, amend the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 ("the 1995 Regulations"). 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, 31.12.93, p.21). These Regulations amend Schedules 1, 4, 6 and 9 to the 1995 Regulations. 2.The amendment to Schedule 1 requires a person whose licence has been suspended or revoked to surrender the licence to the Food Standards Agency. 3.The amendment to Schedule 4 shortens the time that birds can be suspended before being stunned or killed. This measure does not come into force until 6th January 2005. 4.The amendments to Schedule 6 remove the requirement that certain animals are not bled within sight of any other such animals. 5.The amendment to Schedule 9 permits the use of pneumatic or cartridge operated percussive devices producing immediate death for the slaughter or killing of birds for the purpose of disease control. 6.A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Animal Welfare), 6th Floor, 1A Page Street, London SW1P 4PQ. Notes: [1] S.I. 1972/1811.back [2] 1972 c. 68.back [3] S.I. 1995/731; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/656.back ISBN 0 11 048365 0 -- Back--
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