SCHEDULE 7PRE-SLAUGHTER HEALTH INSPECTION
1
Subject to paragraph 2 below, the official veterinary surgeon shall authorise the slaughter of a specified group from a holding where—
a
the birds or rabbits intended for slaughter are accompanied by a health attestation in the form specified in Schedule 17; or
b
not less than 72 hours before the arrival of such birds or rabbits at the slaughterhouse, the official veterinary surgeon was in possession of—
i
a declaration from a veterinary surgeon that the holding is under his supervision, and
ii
the information specified in Part I of Schedule 22 relating to the birds or rabbits in question, ascertained from the records kept by the producer of those birds or rabbits, as the case may be, and set out in a report signed or otherwise authenticated by that producer;
iii
such additional information, as the official veterinary surgeon may request, relating to such birds or rabbits which may include the details specified in Part II of Schedule 22.