Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2012/156 United Kingdom

Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Duties on persons responsible for farmed animals
s.004 Additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, conventionally reared meat chickens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits
s.005 Codes of Practice
s.006 Offences
s.007 Penalties
s.008 Revocations
Schedules

Schedules

7 of 130 shown
s.sch005 Record keeping Regulated
  • Keep records of chickens in each house and retain for 3 yearsAny Person
s.sch005 Notification of stocking density Regulated
  • Notify Department of intended chicken stocking density over 33 kg/m²Any Person
s.sch005 Requirements for higher stocking densities Regulated
  • Keep detailed chicken house records and meet environmental standardsAny Person
s.sch005 Food chain information and chickens dead on arrival and mortality Regulated
  • Record mortality and breed data for high-density chicken flocksOperator
s.sch005 Identification of poor welfare conditions and follow up Regulated
  • Take all reasonable steps to ensure chicken welfare upon receiving a poor welfare reportAny Person
s.sch005 Inspection Regulated
  • Inspect chickens at least twice daily and treat injured birds immediatelyAny Person
s.sch008 (1) Where tethers are used in accordance with paragraph 3,... Regulated
  • Use tethers safely on pigs — inspect and adjust regularlyAny Person
123 other schedules
s.sch001 Staffing
s.sch001 Where animals are continuously or regularly tethered or confined, they...
s.sch001 Buildings and accommodation
s.sch001 Accommodation and fittings for securing animals shall be constructed and...
s.sch001 Air circulation, dust levels, temperature, relative air humidity and gas...
s.sch001 Animals kept in buildings shall not be kept in permanent...
s.sch001 Where the natural light available in a building is insufficient...
s.sch001 Animals kept in buildings shall not be kept without an...
s.sch001 Animals not kept in buildings
s.sch001 Automatic or mechanical equipment
s.sch001 Where defects or worn parts in automated or mechanical equipment...
s.sch001 Inspection
s.sch001 Where the health and well-being of the animals is dependent...
s.sch001 The back-up system referred to in paragraph 20(a) shall be...
s.sch001 Feed, water and other substances
s.sch001 Animals shall not— (a) be provided with food or liquid...
s.sch001 All animals shall have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
s.sch001 All animals shall have access to a suitable water supply...
s.sch001 Feeding and watering equipment shall be designed, constructed, placed and...
s.sch001 (1) No other substance, with the exception of those given...
s.sch001 Breeding procedures
s.sch001 Animals shall not be kept for farming purposes unless it...
s.sch001 Where animals are kept in a building, adequate lighting (whether...
s.sch001 Electrical immobilisation
s.sch001 Where any animals (other than poultry) are kept in a...
s.sch001 Any animals which appear to be ill or injured shall...
s.sch001 Where necessary, sick or injured animals shall be isolated in...
s.sch001 Record keeping
s.sch001 The record referred to in paragraph 7 shall be retained...
s.sch001 Freedom of movement
s.sch002 All non-cage systems of production for keeping laying hens shall...
s.sch002 All systems shall be equipped in such a way that...
s.sch002 Where a system is equipped with nipple drinkers or cups,...
s.sch002 Where a system has drinking points plumbed in, at least...
s.sch002 The floors of installations shall be constructed so as to...
s.sch002 If systems are used where the laying hens can move...
s.sch002 If laying hens have access to open runs—
s.sch002 The stocking density shall not exceed nine laying hens per...
s.sch003 All cage systems shall be enriched to comply with the...
s.sch003 The design and dimensions of the cage door shall be...
s.sch003 Laying hens shall have— (a) at least 750 cm2 of...
s.sch003 A feed trough which can be used without restriction shall...
s.sch003 Each cage shall have a drinking system appropriate to the...
s.sch003 To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there shall...
s.sch003 Cages shall be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
s.sch003 While the cages are occupied the surfaces and all equipment...
s.sch003 Cages shall be suitably equipped to prevent hens escaping.
s.sch003 Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages shall have...
s.sch004 All hens shall be inspected by the owner or other...
s.sch004 In all systems in which laying hens are kept—
s.sch004 (1) All buildings shall have light levels sufficient to allow...
s.sch004 Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are in...
s.sch004 Droppings shall be removed as often as necessary and dead...
s.sch005 Interpretation
s.sch005 Stocking density limits
s.sch005 Approval for stocking in excess of 39 kilograms
s.sch005 Training
s.sch005 Drinkers and feeding
s.sch005 Litter
s.sch005 Ventilation and heating
s.sch005 Noise
s.sch005 Light
s.sch005 Cleaning
s.sch006 Accommodation
s.sch006 Additional dietary requirements
s.sch006 Muzzling
s.sch006 Feeding
s.sch006 Drinking water
s.sch006 Inspection
s.sch006 Calves that are kept outside shall be inspected by the...
s.sch006 Tethering
s.sch006 Artificially lit buildings
s.sch006 Cleansing and disinfection
s.sch006 Floors
s.sch006 Bedding and lying area
s.sch006 Bovine colostrum
s.sch007 Where lactating dairy cows or calving cows are kept in...
s.sch007 Where any calving cows are kept in a building, they...
s.sch008 Interpretation
s.sch008 Bedding
s.sch008 Floors
s.sch008 Where concrete slatted floors are used for pigs kept in...
s.sch008 Feeding
s.sch008 Drinking water
s.sch008 Environmental enrichment
s.sch008 Prohibition on the use of the sweatbox system
s.sch008 Noise levels
s.sch008 Noise levels above 85dBA shall be avoided in that part...
s.sch008 Boar pens shall be sited and constructed so as to...
s.sch008 Inspection
s.sch008 The lying area for boars shall be dry and comfortable....
s.sch008 Subject to paragraph 22, the minimum unobstructed floor area for...
s.sch008 When boar pens are also used for natural service, the...
s.sch008 Pregnant gilts and sows shall, where necessary, be treated against...
s.sch008 Farrowing
s.sch008 In the week before the expected farrowing time sows and...
s.sch008 During farrowing, an unobstructed area behind the sow or gilt...
s.sch008 Farrowing pens where sows or gilts are kept loose shall...
s.sch008 Group housing
s.sch008 The pen where the group is kept shall have sides...
s.sch008 Tethering
s.sch008 The total unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after...
s.sch008 For gilts after service and pregnant sows a part of...
s.sch008 Sows and gilts kept on holdings of fewer than 10...
s.sch008 In addition to the requirements of paragraph 13, sows and...
s.sch008 All dry pregnant sows and gilts shall be given a...
s.sch008 Piglets shall, where necessary, be provided with a source of...
s.sch008 A part of the total floor where the piglets are...
s.sch008 Where a farrowing crate is used the piglets shall have...
s.sch008 Subject to paragraph 39 piglets shall not be weaned from...
s.sch008 Piglets may be weaned up to 7 days earlier than...
s.sch008 As soon as possible after weaning, weaners and rearing pigs...
s.sch008 If weaners and rearing pigs unfamiliar with one another have...
s.sch008 The use of tranquillising medication in order to facilitate mixing...
s.sch008 If signs of severe fighting appear, the causes shall be...
s.sch008 The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing...
s.sch008 Accommodation
s.sch008 (1) The dimensions of any stall or pen used for...
s.sch008 Artificially lit buildings
s.sch008 Prevention of fighting
s.sch008 Cleansing and disinfection
s.sch009 Hutches or cages in which any rabbits are kept shall...
s.sch009 Where rabbits are kept in accommodation that is exposed to...

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