sch.3-sec.9Humanely killing sheep

sch.3-sec.9 Humanely killing sheep

A person in charge of a sheep (a suffering sheep ) that is suffering from severe distress, disease or injury that can not reasonably be treated must ensure the sheep is humanely killed at the first reasonable opportunity. A person who kills the suffering sheep must ensure the sheep is killed in a way that— causes rapid unconsciousness and death immediately after unconsciousness happens; and does not include a blow to the head; and is otherwise humane. Despite subsection (2) (a) , a person may kill the suffering sheep by bleeding out the sheep if the person can not reasonably obtain a firearm, captive bolt or lethal injection. Despite subsection (2) (b) , a person may kill the suffering sheep by blunt trauma if— the person can not reasonably obtain a firearm, captive bolt or lethal injection; and the sheep is less than 10kg. A person may kill a sheep only if the person has the relevant knowledge, skills and experience to humanely kill the sheep, or be under the direct supervision of a person who has the relevant knowledge, skills and experience to humanely kill the sheep, unless— the sheep needs to be killed to prevent undue suffering to the sheep; and for a person requiring supervision—it would be inhumane to delay killing the sheep until the supervision could be provided. A person is under direct supervision of another person (the supervisor ) if the supervisor— instructs the person about the killing; and is on the premises where the killing is carried out while the killing is carried out; and is available to give additional instruction to the person about the killing while the killing is carried out; and evaluates the carrying out of the killing by the person, including by regularly personally checking on the person. If a person does kill a sheep, the person must take reasonable steps to confirm the death of the sheep immediately after believing the sheep has been killed. In this section— bleeding out , of a sheep, means cutting the major blood vessel of the sheep, usually in the neck or at the base of the heart via the thoracic inlet. blunt trauma means a single blow to the head that causes immediate loss of consciousness and death. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.1) A person in charge of a sheep (a suffering sheep ) that is suffering from severe distress, disease or injury that can not reasonably be treated must ensure the sheep is humanely killed at the first reasonable opportunity. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.2) A person who kills the suffering sheep must ensure the sheep is killed in a way that— causes rapid unconsciousness and death immediately after unconsciousness happens; and does not include a blow to the head; and is otherwise humane. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.3) Despite subsection (2) (a) , a person may kill the suffering sheep by bleeding out the sheep if the person can not reasonably obtain a firearm, captive bolt or lethal injection. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.4) Despite subsection (2) (b) , a person may kill the suffering sheep by blunt trauma if— the person can not reasonably obtain a firearm, captive bolt or lethal injection; and the sheep is less than 10kg. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.5) A person may kill a sheep only if the person has the relevant knowledge, skills and experience to humanely kill the sheep, or be under the direct supervision of a person who has the relevant knowledge, skills and experience to humanely kill the sheep, unless— the sheep needs to be killed to prevent undue suffering to the sheep; and for a person requiring supervision—it would be inhumane to delay killing the sheep until the supervision could be provided. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.6) A person is under direct supervision of another person (the supervisor ) if the supervisor— instructs the person about the killing; and is on the premises where the killing is carried out while the killing is carried out; and is available to give additional instruction to the person about the killing while the killing is carried out; and evaluates the carrying out of the killing by the person, including by regularly personally checking on the person. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.7) If a person does kill a sheep, the person must take reasonable steps to confirm the death of the sheep immediately after believing the sheep has been killed. (sch.3-sec.9-ssec.8) In this section— bleeding out , of a sheep, means cutting the major blood vessel of the sheep, usually in the neck or at the base of the heart via the thoracic inlet. blunt trauma means a single blow to the head that causes immediate loss of consciousness and death.