Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
sch.8A-sec.11Severely distressed, sick, weak or injured horses
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sch.8A-sec.11 Severely distressed, sick, weak or injured horses
This section applies if a person working at a livestock slaughter facility assesses a horse to be severely distressed, sick, weak or injured at any time the horse is at the facility. If the person considers it appropriate to separate the horse from the other horses, the person must, as soon as practicable, arrange for the horse to be held in a separate holding area to the other horses. The person must also, as soon as practicable after deciding whether it is appropriate to separate the horse from the other horses, arrange for the horse to be managed by— providing appropriate treatment for the horse; or slaughtering the horse; or if there is an emergency such that the horse cannot be moved from an area without causing further suffering—killing the horse in that area (an emergency killing ). (sch.8A-sec.11-ssec.1) This section applies if a person working at a livestock slaughter facility assesses a horse to be severely distressed, sick, weak or injured at any time the horse is at the facility. (sch.8A-sec.11-ssec.2) If the person considers it appropriate to separate the horse from the other horses, the person must, as soon as practicable, arrange for the horse to be held in a separate holding area to the other horses. (sch.8A-sec.11-ssec.3) The person must also, as soon as practicable after deciding whether it is appropriate to separate the horse from the other horses, arrange for the horse to be managed by— providing appropriate treatment for the horse; or slaughtering the horse; or if there is an emergency such that the horse cannot be moved from an area without causing further suffering—killing the horse in that area (an emergency killing ).
- (a) providing appropriate treatment for the horse; or
- (b) slaughtering the horse; or
- (c) if there is an emergency such that the horse cannot be moved from an area without causing further suffering—killing the horse in that area (an emergency killing ).