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Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 (S.S.I. No. 334 of 2002).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal welfare Poultry Animal production
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1.
Abstract

These amendments to the principal regulations give effect in Scotland to the provisions of Council Directive 99/74/EC, laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens, in establishments with 350 or more laying hens. The Regulations insert new definitions and insert a new regulation 5 and Schedule 3, to apply requirements in relation to the keeping of laying hens other than in the systems referred to in the new Schedules 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D to the principal Regulations. They also insert a new Regulation 5A and Schedules 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D to the principal Regulations, to apply requirements in relation to the keeping of laying hens in the systems referred to in the new Schedules 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D to the principal Regulations. The new Schedule 3A to the principal Regulations specifies requirements for the conditions, including the stocking density, in which laying hens may be kept in non-cage systems. The new Schedule 3B to the principal Regulations specifies requirements for the conditions for laying hens kept in conventional (unenriched) cages. The new Schedule 3C provides that all cage systems which are not conventional systems, have to meet additional requirements relating to the conditions in which laying hens are kept (enriched cages). Schedule 3D to the principal Regulations applies to all systems for keeping laying hens. It provides for general requirements regarding inspection, sound levels, lighting, cleansing and construction of cages.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.S.I. No. 442 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Animal welfare, Cattle, Poultry

Source: FAO, FAOLEX