Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 731 of 1995). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Great Britain Document type Regulation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal welfare Transport/storage Slaughtering Inspection Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations give effect in Great Britain to the provisions of Council Directive 93/119/EC on the protection of animals at time of slaughter or killing. The Regulations apply to the movement, lairaging, restraint, stunning, slaughter and killing of animals bred and kept for the production of meat, skin, fur or other products, to the killing of animals for the purpose of disease control and to the killing of surplus chicks and embryos in hatchery waste (reg. 3(1)), subject to exceptions for, inter alia, wild game (reg. 3(4)). The Regulations: (a) provide for the licensing of slaughtermen by Ministers (reg. 4(1); (b) prevent persons from engaging in the lairaging, restraint, stunning, slaughter or killing of animals without the necessary knowledge and skill (reg. 4(2)); (c) prohibit persons engaged in the lairaging, restraint, stunning, slaughter or killing of animals from causing any avoidable excitement, pain or suffering to any animal (reg. 4(3)); (d) require occupiers of slaughterhouses or knackers' yards to ensure that there is a person available who has authority to take whatever action may be necessary to safeguard the welfare of any live animals on the premises, and that any person who is engaged in activities governed by these Regulations is acquainted with the legislation and elfare codes which are relevant to those activities and, where necessary, is licensed (reg. 6); (e) provide powers for Ministers to make statutory codes of practice (reg 7); etc. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 93/119/EC on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing. Legislation | European Union | 1993 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 402 of 2007). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2007 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Birds, Poultry, Transport/storage Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 1200 of 2006). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Birds, Poultry Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (W.S.I. No. 2461 (W. 208) of 2007). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2007 Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Slaughtering, Birds, Poultry Source: FAO, FAOLEX Restriction on Pithing (Wales) Regulations 2001(S.I. No. 1303 (W. 80) of 2001). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001 Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Pests/diseases Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 3272 of 2003). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2003 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX Restriction on Pithing (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 447 of 2001). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001 Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Pests/diseases Source: FAO, FAOLEX Restriction on Pithing (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (S.S.I. No. 73 of 2001). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001 Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health, Pests/diseases Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 3830 of 2001). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2001 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. No. 13 of 2004). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2004 Keyword: Animal welfare, Poultry, Slaughtering Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. No. 238 of 2002). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2002 Keyword: Animal welfare, Animal health Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 321 of 2012). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012 Keyword: Animal welfare, Poultry, Slaughtering, Data collection/reporting, Inspection, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Hunting/capture Source: FAO, FAOLEX Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 501 of 2012). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Birds, Poultry Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I No. 1782 of 2015). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015 Keyword: Animal welfare, Slaughtering, Birds, Poultry Source: FAO, FAOLEX