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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 on restraining methods, stunning pens, captive bolt, gas and electrical stunning equipment, bleeding animals and shackling and hoisting animals.
Sample letters to get a copy of restraining order or protective injunction against an abusive partner, if you're applying for legal aid.
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.
Sample letters to get evidence of a restraining order or injunction against an abusive partner, if you're applying for legal aid.
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.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ward on13 March 2025
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