14Slaughter and destruction of knackery animals at knackeries

14 Slaughter and destruction of knackery animals at knackeries

(1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20(1), the regulations may: (a) prohibit absolutely the slaughter or destruction at a knackery of knackery animals included in a specified class of knackery animals; or (b) prohibit the slaughter or destruction at a knackery of knackery animals, or knackery animals included in a specified class of knackery animals, unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with. (2) Where under the regulations the slaughter or destruction at a knackery of knackery animals included in a specified class of knackery animals is prohibited absolutely, a person who slaughters or destroys, as the case may be, at a knackery a knackery animal included in the specified class of knackery animals is guilty of an offence. (3) Where under the regulations the slaughter or destruction at a knackery of knackery animals, or knackery animals included in a specified class of knackery animals, is prohibited unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with, a person who slaughters or destroys, as the case may be, at a knackery a knackery animal or a knackery animal included in the specified class of knackery animals, as the case may be, in contravention of the conditions or restrictions is guilty of an offence.