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Rules on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Use this form for a protected person to apply to vary or revoke a restraining order.
Use this form for a defendant to apply to vary or revoke a restraining order.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Detention services order 07/2016 about the Home Office’s responsibility to complete a risk assessment before restraining a detainee under escort.
This notice explains when protective equipment is zero-rated and children's car seats and travel systems are reduced-rated at 5% VAT.
Know how to stun or kill poultry, rabbits and hares on small-scale farms.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Last updated 30 January 2017.
What you need standard operating procedures for, the role of animal welfare officers, livestock unit limits and record keeping in slaughterhouses.
How to unload, keep, move, handle, restrain, stun and kill animals not meant for human consumption.
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