
2011 No. 407
Welfare Of Animals
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (revoked)
Made 5th December 2011
Coming into operation 1st January 2012
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Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
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Amendments to the Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
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The killing of animals elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard
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Offences and penalties
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Methods of killing animals
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The killing of birds by exposure to gas mixtures
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Construction of the chamber
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The operation of the chamber
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Killing birds by exposure to gas mixtures elsewhere than in a slaughterhouse
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Interpretation
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Killing birds by exposure to gas mixtures
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End of lay hens and end of life breeder hens
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Killing where there is a restriction on movement
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Construction of the chamber
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Operation of the chamber
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Combinations of gas mixtures and chamber
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