Animal Protection-Slaughtering Ordinance.
Country
Type of law
Regulation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
The present Ordinance lays down provisions concerning the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing. At the outset the text contains a definition clause relating to terms therein employed such as, for example, “slaughterhouse”, “accommodating”, “immobilize”, “anesthetize”, “killling”. Article 1 establishes the underlying principle, i.e. that animals when being slaughtered or killed have to be spared unjustified pains, sufferings, damages and fear. Thereafter the text deals with the following aspects: requirements pertaining to slaughterhouses, such as devices and equipment, personnel working in such places, survey and control, slaughtering and killing outside slaughterhouses, special cases of killing. The text consists of 13 articles and 9 Annexes.
Attached files
Web site
Long title of text
Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Health and Women on the protection of animals at the time of slaughter or killing.
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 January 2005.
Notes
The present Ordinance is consolidated as of 31/2006.
Repealed
Yes
Serial Imprint
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich., Part II, No. 488, 17 December 2004, 3 pp.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Verordnung der Bundesministerin für Gesundheit und Frauen über den Schutz von Tieren bei der Schlachtung oder Tötung (Tierschutz-Schlachtverordnung).
Implements
Repealed by