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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.
16 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Title, commencement and application
s.002
Interpretation and application
s.003
Duties on owners and keepers of animals
s.004
Additional duties on owners and keepers of laying hens kept in battery cages
s.005
Additional duties on owners and keepers of poultry (other than those kept in the systems referred to in Schedules 3A, 3B and 3C)
s.005
Additional duties on owners and keepers of laying hens
s.006
Additional duties on owners and keepers of calves confined for rearing and fattening
s.007
Additional duties on owners and keepers of cattle
s.008
Additional duties on owners and keepers of pigs
s.008
Training
s.009
Additional duties on owners and keepers of rabbits
s.010
Statutory welfare codes
s.011
Powers of authorised persons
s.012
Powers of entry
s.013
Offences
s.014
Revocations
Schedules
Schedules
12 of 137 shown
s.sch003a
From 1st January 2007, all non-cage systems of production for...
Regulated
- Ensure non-cage laying hen systems comply with Schedule 3A requirementsOccupier
s.sch003a
In addition to the requirements of paragraphs 2 and 3—...
Regulated
- Meet welfare standards for multi-tier and open run laying hen systemsAny Person
s.sch006
Drinking water
Regulated
- Provide permanent access to fresh drinking water for pigs over 2 weeksAny Person
s.sch006
Noise levels
Regulated
- Avoid exposing pigs to constant, sudden or loud noiseAny Person
s.sch006
Boar pens shall be sited and constructed so as to...
Regulated
- Ensure boar pens allow turning and contact with other pigs and have clean resting areasAny Person
s.sch006
The lying area shall be dry and comfortable.
Regulated
- Keep pigs' lying area dry and comfortableAny Person
s.sch006
Where necessary, sick or injured pigs shall be temporarily isolated...
Regulated
- Isolate sick or injured pigs in suitable accommodationAny Person
s.sch006
Group housing
Regulated
- Keep sows and gilts in group housing except around farrowingAny Person
s.sch006
If necessary, piglets shall be provided with a source of...
Regulated
- Provide heat and dry lying area for piglets when necessaryAny Person
s.sch006
A part of the total floor where the piglets are...
Regulated
- Provide a solid or bedded rest area for pigletsAny Person
s.sch006
Where a farrowing crate is used, the piglets must have...
Regulated
- Ensure farrowing crate gives piglets enough space to suckleAny Person
s.sch006
Piglets shall not be weaned from the sow at an...
Regulated
- Do not wean piglets from the sow before 28 days oldAny Person
125 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 in automated or mechanical equipment of the type...
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
No animals shall be provided with food or liquid in...
s.sch001
All animals shall have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
s.sch001
All animals shall either have access to a suitable water...
s.sch001
Feeding and watering equipment shall be designed, constructed, placed and...
s.sch001
No other substance, with the exception of those given for...
s.sch001
Breeding procedures
s.sch001
No animals shall 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 —...
s.sch001
(1) Where necessary, sick or injured animals shall be isolated...
s.sch001
Record keeping
s.sch001
The record referred to in paragraph 7 shall be retained...
s.sch001
Freedom of movement
s.sch002
All cages must comply with the following requirements —
s.sch002
(1) Every time all the cages housed together are emptied...
s.sch002
Battery cages shall be designed, constructed and maintained in such...
s.sch002
The design and size of the cage opening must be...
s.sch002
The cages must be suitably equipped and maintained to prevent...
s.sch002
Except where therapeutic or prophylactic treatment demands otherwise, all laying...
s.sch002
The laying hens shall be cared for by personnel with...
s.sch002
The flock or group of laying hens shall be inspected...
s.sch002
Accommodation comprising more than three tiers of cages shall not...
s.sch002
(1) When laying hens do not appear to be in...
s.sch003a
All newly built or rebuilt non-cage systems of production for...
s.sch003a
All systems must be equipped in such a way that...
s.sch003a
The floors of installations must be constructed so as to...
s.sch003a
Subject to paragraph 7, the stocking density must not exceed...
s.sch003a
Where on 3 August 1999 the establishment applied a system...
s.sch003b
From 1st January 2003 all unenhanced cage systems of rearing...
s.sch003b
Rearing laying hens in the cages referred to in this...
s.sch003b
No cages such as are referred to in this Schedule...
s.sch003c
All cage systems for rearing laying hens shall comply with...
s.sch003c
All cage systems built or brought into service for the...
s.sch003c
Laying hens must have— (a) at least 750 cm 2...
s.sch003c
A feed trough which may be used without restriction must...
s.sch003c
Each cage must have a drinking system appropriate to the...
s.sch003c
To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there must...
s.sch003c
Cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
s.sch003d
All hens must be inspected by the owner or the...
s.sch003d
The sound level shall be minimised. Constant or sudden noise...
s.sch003d
All buildings shall have light levels sufficient to allow all...
s.sch003d
Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are in...
s.sch003d
Cages must be suitably equipped to prevent hens escaping.
s.sch003d
Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages must have...
s.sch003d
The design and dimensions of the cage door must be...
s.sch003d
Subject to paragraph 9, no person shall mutilate any laying...
s.sch003d
In order to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism, until 31...
s.sch004
Accommodation
s.sch004
Bedding and lying area
s.sch004
Bovine colostrum
s.sch004
Additional dietary requirements
s.sch004
Muzzling
s.sch004
Feeding
s.sch004
Drinking water
s.sch004
Transitional provisions for accommodation
s.sch004
Inspection
s.sch004
Calves which are kept outside shall be inspected by the...
s.sch004
Where necessary, sick or injured calves shall be isolated in...
s.sch004
Tethering
s.sch004
Artificially lit buildings
s.sch004
Cleansing and disinfection
s.sch004
Floors
s.sch005
Where any lactating dairy cows or any cows which are...
s.sch005
Where any cows which are calving are kept in a...
s.sch006
In this Schedule — “boar” (“ baedd ”) means a...
s.sch006
Cleaning and disinfection
s.sch006
Bedding
s.sch006
Floors
s.sch006
When concrete slatted floors are used for pigs kept in...
s.sch006
Feeding
s.sch006
Environmental enrichment
s.sch006
Prohibition on the use of the sweat-box system
s.sch006
Interventions
s.sch006
Inspection
s.sch006
The procedures set out in paragraphs 21-26 of this Schedule...
s.sch006
The following procedures shall not be carried out routinely but...
s.sch006
Male pigs may be castrated provided the means employed do...
s.sch006
(1) If docking of tails is carried out after the...
s.sch006
Boars' tusks may be reduced in length where necessary to...
s.sch006
Nose rings may be not be put in animals kept...
s.sch006
Ear tagging or ear notching may be carried out for...
s.sch006
(1) The minimum unobstructed floor area for an adult boar...
s.sch006
Pregnant gilts shall, where necessary, be treated against external and...
s.sch006
Farrowing
s.sch006
In the week before the expected farrowing time sows and...
s.sch006
During farrowing, an unobstructed area behind the sow or gilt...
s.sch006
Farrowing pens where sows are kept loose must have some...
s.sch006
In the week before the expected farrowing time and during...
s.sch006
The pen where the group is kept must have sides...
s.sch006
The total unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after...
s.sch006
For gilts after service and pregnant sows a part of...
s.sch006
Tethering
s.sch006
Sows and gilts kept on holdings of fewer than 10...
s.sch006
In addition to the requirements of paragraph 14 of Part...
s.sch006
All dry pregnant sows and gilts must be given a...
s.sch006
Piglets may be weaned up to seven days earlier than...
s.sch006
Pigs shall be placed in groups as soon as possible...
s.sch006
If pigs unfamiliar with one another have to be mixed,...
s.sch006
(1) Where the use of tethers is permitted in accordance...
s.sch006
The use of tranquillising medication in order to facilitate mixing...
s.sch006
When signs of severe fighting appear, the causes shall be...
s.sch006
The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing...
s.sch006
Accommodation
s.sch006
(1) The dimension of any stall or pen used for...
s.sch006
Artificially lit buildings
s.sch006
Prevention of fighting
s.sch007
Any hutches or cages in which any rabbits are kept...
s.sch007
Where any rabbits are kept in any accommodation which is...
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