S.I. No. 197/2007 - Protection of Animals Kept for Farming Purposes (Electro-Immobilisation) Regulations 2007.
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS | ||
1. Citation | ||
2. Use of electrical equipment | ||
3. Electrical equipment in slaughter plants | ||
PROTECTION OF ANIMALS KEPT FOR FARMING PURPOSES (ELECTRO-IMMOBILISATION) REGULATIONS 2007. | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th May, 2007. | ||
I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of Protection Of Animals Kept For Farming Purposes Act, 1984 (No. 13 of 1984), hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of animals kept for farming purposes (Electro-immobilisation) Regulations 2007 and come into operation on 1 September 2007. | ||
2. (1) A person shall not use, or cause or permit to be used, any electrical equipment or other instrument which applies a sustained electric current or impulse directly to a live animal— | ||
(a) as a means of restraining the animal, | ||
(b) as a means of immobilising the animal, or | ||
(c) for any other purpose. | ||
(2) A person shall not have in his or her possession or under his or her control, sell or supply any equipment made, used or adapted for a purpose prohibited under paragraph (1). | ||
3. Article 2 does not apply to equipment used in accordance with Schedule 2 (3), Schedule 3 and Schedule 6 of the European Communities (Protection of Animals at time of Slaughter) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 114 of 1995 ). | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
26 April 2007 | ||
MARY COUGHLAN | ||
Minister for Agriculture and Food | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
These Regulations ban the use of electro-immobilisation upon animals. |
