Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
sch.8A-sec.5Design, construction and maintenance of facilities and equipment
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sch.8A-sec.5 Design, construction and maintenance of facilities and equipment
The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must, to the extent reasonably practicable, ensure— the facility is designed, constructed and maintained to— minimise the exposure of a horse to the sight, smell or sound of another horse being killed or slaughtered; and provide sufficient access to drinking water to each horse at the facility; and each area for slaughtering horses, fence, gate, holding area, lairage, lane, race and stunning box at the facility— is designed so that a horse can be handled quietly and efficiently; and is constructed and maintained in a way that minimises the risk of injury to a horse; and each fence, gate, lane and race is structurally sound; and a ramp used for unloading a horse from a vehicle at the facility— has sufficient grip to prevent the horse from slipping or falling; and has an angle from the horizontal of no more than 20 degrees.
- (a) the facility is designed, constructed and maintained to— (i) minimise the exposure of a horse to the sight, smell or sound of another horse being killed or slaughtered; and (ii) provide sufficient access to drinking water to each horse at the facility; and
- (i) minimise the exposure of a horse to the sight, smell or sound of another horse being killed or slaughtered; and
- (ii) provide sufficient access to drinking water to each horse at the facility; and
- (b) each area for slaughtering horses, fence, gate, holding area, lairage, lane, race and stunning box at the facility— (i) is designed so that a horse can be handled quietly and efficiently; and (ii) is constructed and maintained in a way that minimises the risk of injury to a horse; and
- (i) is designed so that a horse can be handled quietly and efficiently; and
- (ii) is constructed and maintained in a way that minimises the risk of injury to a horse; and
- (c) each fence, gate, lane and race is structurally sound; and
- (d) a ramp used for unloading a horse from a vehicle at the facility— (i) has sufficient grip to prevent the horse from slipping or falling; and (ii) has an angle from the horizontal of no more than 20 degrees.
- (i) has sufficient grip to prevent the horse from slipping or falling; and
- (ii) has an angle from the horizontal of no more than 20 degrees.
- (i) minimise the exposure of a horse to the sight, smell or sound of another horse being killed or slaughtered; and
- (ii) provide sufficient access to drinking water to each horse at the facility; and
- (i) is designed so that a horse can be handled quietly and efficiently; and
- (ii) is constructed and maintained in a way that minimises the risk of injury to a horse; and