UK Statutory Instrument SI 2010 England

Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

These Regulations amend the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2078) to implement Council Directive 2007/43/EC laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (OJ No L 182, 12.7.07, p 19).

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Enforced by
APHA, DEFRA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 3 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

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Any Person3

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Amendment of regulation 5 (additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits) (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Comply with welfare standards for meat chickensAny Person
s.006 Amendment of regulation 7 (offences) (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Fail to comply with duty in Schedule 5A paragraph 14(2)Any Person
6 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Amendment of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Amendment of regulation 2 (definitions and interpretation) (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Insertion of regulation 5A (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Amendment of Schedule 1 (general conditions under which farmed animals must be kept) (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Insertion of Schedule 5A (additional conditions that apply in relation to conventionally reared meat chickens) (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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s.schedule made Insertion of Schedule 5A to the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 Regulated
  • Meet welfare standards for conventionally reared meat chickensAny Person

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