Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1676

The Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 1676

POULTRY
HUMANE SLAUGHTER

The Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991

Made	19th July 1991

Laid before Parliament

9th August 1991

Coming into force

Regulations 1 to 8 and 10 1st September 1991   Regulation 9 1st September 1992

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3 and 6(2) of the Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967^[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf^[2], after consultation with such persons and bodies as seem to them representative of the interests concerned in accordance with subsection (6) of the said section 3, hereby make the following Regulations-

Title and commencement
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Slaughter of Poultry (Licences and Specified Qualifications) Regulations 1991 and shall, except for regulation 9, come into force on 1st September 1991.

    (2)  Regulation 9 shall come into force on 1st September 1992.

Interpretation
    2.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"the Act" means the Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967;
"bird" means a turkey kept in captivity or a domestic fowl, guinea-fowl, duck, goose or quail so kept;
"licence" means a licence to slaughter or to stun and slaughter granted under regulation 5 or 6;
"the Rabbinical Commission" means the Rabbinical Commission referred to in Schedule 1 to the Slaughterhouses Act 1974^[3];
"veterinary surgeon" means a person who is registered in the register of veterinary surgeons or the supplementary veterinary register.


    (2)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations.

Scope
    3.—(1)  These Regulations shall not apply in relation to slaughter
 (a) for a purpose other than a commercial purpose;
 (b) in pursuance of powers conferred by, or by any instrument made or having effect as if made under, the Animal Health Act 1981^[4];
 (c) in the course of a procedure authorised under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986^[5];
 (d) by a veterinary surgeon, or a person acting under his direction, where the veterinary surgeon is acting in the exercise of his profession;
 (e) on premises forming part of an agricultural holding on which the bird was reared, if the slaughter is by means of dislocation of the neck and without prior stunning; or
 (f) of a bird which is not more than 72 hours old.

    (2)  A bird is slaughtered for a commercial purpose if it is slaughtered
 (a) in the course or furtherance of a business or for reward; or
 (b) by, or on behalf of, the purchaser of the bird on premises belonging to, occupied by or under the control of, the seller of the bird; or
 (c) in a market place.

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Notes:

[1] 1967 c. 24; sections 3 and 6(2) were substituted by sections 6 and 9 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40); see section 8(1) for a definition of "the Ministers".

[2] In the case of the Secretary of State for Wales by virtue of S.I. 1978/272.

[3] 1974 c. 3.

[4] 1981 c. 22.

[5] 1986 c. 14.

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