§ 129

(1) A licence holder must not hit a food animal with a whip, prod or, except for the purposes of section 141, any other object.

(2) A licence holder must not apply an electric prod to a food animal unless (a) it is done for the purpose of causing the animal to move and there is no reasonably practicable alternative to the application of the prod; (b) the food animal is a pig or a bovine; (c) the prod is applied to the lateral portion of the rear leg muscles between the hock joint and the hip joint; (d) the food animal has sufficient space to move forward; (e) the food animal’s ability to move is not compromised; and (f) the prod is applied in a manner that does not cause the food animal avoidable suffering, injury or death.