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Livestock Welfare (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 1709 of 1998).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Standards
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 27 July 1998.
Abstract

These Regulations replace, with amendments, Schedule 2 of the 1994 principal Regulations, containing provisions on the welfare of calves. The Regulations implement Council Directive 91/629/EC, as amended by Council Decree 97/2/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves. The Regulations introduce a binding requirement to keep calves in groups after the age of eight weeks, they prohibit tethering and prescribe the inspection and feeding of calves twice a day.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 2126 of 1994).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1994

Keyword: Animal welfare, Standards, Swine

Source: FAO, FAOLEX