Welsh Statutory Instrument SI 2007/3070 United Kingdom

The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007

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10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, application and commencement
s.002 Definitions and interpretation
s.003 Animals to which these Regulations apply
s.004 Duties on persons responsible for farmed animals
s.005 Additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits
s.005 Monitoring and follow-up at the slaughterhouse
s.006 Codes of Practice
s.007 Offences
s.008 Prosecutions
s.009 Penalties
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch002 All non-cage systems of production for keeping laying hens must... Regulated
  • Comply with all Schedule 2 requirements for non-cage laying hen systemsAny Person
s.sch005a Food chain information and chickens dead on arrival Regulated
  • Record and report dead-on-arrival chickens from high-density flocksOperator
s.sch008 Prohibition on the use of the sweat-box system Regulated
  • Do not use the sweat-box system for pigsAny Person
134 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 must be constructed and...
s.sch001 Air circulation, dust levels, temperature, relative air humidity and gas...
s.sch001 Animals kept in buildings must not be kept in permanent...
s.sch001 Where the natural light available in a building is insufficient...
s.sch001 Animals kept in buildings must 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) must be...
s.sch001 Feed, water and other substances
s.sch001 Animals must not be provided with food or liquid that...
s.sch001 All animals must have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
s.sch001 All animals must either have access to a suitable water...
s.sch001 Feeding and watering equipment must be designed, constructed, placed and...
s.sch001 (1) No other substance, with the exception of those given...
s.sch001 Breeding procedures
s.sch001 Animals may only be kept for farming purposes if 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 Without prejudice to paragraph 11(3) of Schedule 5A any animals...
s.sch001 Where necessary, sick or injured animals must be isolated in...
s.sch001 Record keeping
s.sch001 The record referred to in paragraph 7 must be retained...
s.sch001 Freedom of movement
s.sch002 All systems must 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 must 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 Subject to paragraph (9), the stocking density must not exceed...
s.sch002 Where on 3 August 1999 the establishment applied a system...
s.sch003 All conventional (unenriched) cage systems must comply with the requirements...
s.sch003 Cage systems must have at least 550 cm2 per hen...
s.sch003 A feed trough must be provided which may be used...
s.sch003 (1) Unless nipple drinkers or drinking cups are provided, each...
s.sch003 Cages must be at least 40 cm high over at...
s.sch003 (1) Floors of cages must be constructed so as to...
s.sch003 Cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
s.sch003 No person may build or bring into service for the...
s.sch003 On and after 1 January 2012, no person may keep...
s.sch004 All laying hens not kept in a non cage system...
s.sch004 Laying hens must have— (a) at least 750 cm2 of...
s.sch004 A feed trough which can be used without restriction must...
s.sch004 Each cage must have a drinking system appropriate to the...
s.sch004 To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there must...
s.sch004 Cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
s.sch005 All hens must be inspected by the owner or other...
s.sch005 In all systems in which laying hens are kept—
s.sch005 (1) All buildings must have light levels sufficient to allow...
s.sch005 (1) Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are...
s.sch005 Cages must be suitably equipped to prevent hens escaping.
s.sch005 Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages must have...
s.sch005 The design and dimensions of the cage door must be...
s.sch005a Interpretation
s.sch005a Light
s.sch005a Inspection
s.sch005a Cleaning
s.sch005a Record keeping
s.sch005a Identification of poor welfare conditions and follow-up
s.sch005a Training
s.sch005a Stocking density limits
s.sch005a Notification of stocking density
s.sch005a Requirements for higher stocking densities
s.sch005a Drink and feed
s.sch005a Litter
s.sch005a Ventilation and heating
s.sch005a Noise
s.sch006 Accommodation
s.sch006 Additional dietary requirements
s.sch006 Muzzling
s.sch006 Feeding
s.sch006 Drinking water
s.sch006 Inspection
s.sch006 Calves which are kept outside must be inspected by the...
s.sch006 Tethering
s.sch006 Artificially lit buildings
s.sch006 Cleaning 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 A pen or yard in a building used for calving...
s.sch007 Calving cows which are kept in a building must be...
s.sch008 In this Schedule— “boar” (“baedd”) means a male pig after...
s.sch008 Bedding
s.sch008 Floors
s.sch008 (1) Where concrete slatted floors are used for pigs kept...
s.sch008 Feeding
s.sch008 Drinking water
s.sch008 Environmental enrichment
s.sch008 Noise levels
s.sch008 Noise levels above 85 dBA must be avoided in that...
s.sch008 Boar pens must be sited and constructed so as to...
s.sch008 Inspection
s.sch008 The lying area must be dry and comfortable.
s.sch008 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the minimum unobstructed floor area...
s.sch008 Pregnant sows and gilts must, 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 must...
s.sch008 Group housing
s.sch008 The pen where the group is kept must have sides...
s.sch008 The unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after service...
s.sch008 Tethering
s.sch008 For gilts after service and pregnant sows, a part of...
s.sch008 Sows and gilts kept on holdings of 10 or fewer...
s.sch008 In addition to the requirements of paragraph 13 of this...
s.sch008 All dry pregnant sows and gilts must be given a...
s.sch008 Where a farrowing crate system is used, piglets must be...
s.sch008 A part of the floor area where the piglets are...
s.sch008 Where a farrowing crate system is used, the piglets must...
s.sch008 Subject to paragraph 38, piglets must not be weaned from...
s.sch008 Piglets may be weaned up to seven days earlier than...
s.sch008 As soon as possible after weaning, weaners and rearing pigs...
s.sch008 (1) Where tethers are used in accordance with paragraph 3,...
s.sch008 If weaners and rearing pigs unfamiliar with one another have...
s.sch008 The use of tranquilising medication in order to facilitate mixing...
s.sch008 If there are signs of severe fighting, the causes must...
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 Cleaning and disinfection
s.sch009 Hutches or cages in which rabbits are kept must be—...
s.sch009 Where rabbits are kept in accommodation which is exposed to...

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