All non-cage systems of production for keeping laying hens must...
- Comply with all Schedule 2 requirements for non-cage laying hen systems
Welsh Statutory Instrument
2007
United Kingdom
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2007
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What this Act requires
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Schedules
Food chain information and chickens dead on arrival
- Record and report dead-on-arrival chickens from high-density flocks
Prohibition on the use of the sweat-box system
- Do not use the sweat-box system for pigs
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Staffing
Where animals are continuously or regularly tethered or confined, they...
Buildings and accommodation
Accommodation and fittings for securing animals must be constructed and...
Air circulation, dust levels, temperature, relative air humidity and gas...
Animals kept in buildings must not be kept in permanent...
Where the natural light available in a building is insufficient...
Animals kept in buildings must not be kept without an...
Animals not kept in buildings
Automatic or mechanical equipment
Where defects in automated or mechanical equipment of the type...
Inspection
Where the health and well-being of the animals is dependent...
The back-up system referred to in paragraph 20(a) must be...
Feed, water and other substances
Animals must not be provided with food or liquid that...
All animals must have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
All animals must either have access to a suitable water...
Feeding and watering equipment must be designed, constructed, placed and...
(1) No other substance, with the exception of those given...
Breeding procedures
Animals may only be kept for farming purposes if it...
Where animals are kept in a building, adequate lighting (whether...
Electrical immobilisation
Where any animals (other than poultry) are kept in a...
Without prejudice to paragraph 11(3) of Schedule 5A any animals...
Where necessary, sick or injured animals must be isolated in...
Record keeping
The record referred to in paragraph 7 must be retained...
Freedom of movement
All systems must be equipped in such a way that...
Where a system is equipped with nipple drinkers or cups,...
Where a system has drinking points plumbed in, at least...
The floors of installations must be constructed so as to...
If systems are used where the laying hens can move...
If laying hens have access to open runs —
Subject to paragraph (9), the stocking density must not exceed...
Where on 3 August 1999 the establishment applied a system...
All conventional (unenriched) cage systems must comply with the requirements...
Cage systems must have at least 550 cm2 per hen...
A feed trough must be provided which may be used...
(1) Unless nipple drinkers or drinking cups are provided, each...
Cages must be at least 40 cm high over at...
(1) Floors of cages must be constructed so as to...
Cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
No person may build or bring into service for the...
On and after 1 January 2012, no person may keep...
All laying hens not kept in a non cage system...
Laying hens must have— (a) at least 750 cm2 of...
A feed trough which can be used without restriction must...
Each cage must have a drinking system appropriate to the...
To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there must...
Cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
All hens must be inspected by the owner or other...
In all systems in which laying hens are kept—
(1) All buildings must have light levels sufficient to allow...
(1) Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are...
Cages must be suitably equipped to prevent hens escaping.
Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages must have...
The design and dimensions of the cage door must be...
Interpretation
Light
Inspection
Cleaning
Record keeping
Identification of poor welfare conditions and follow-up
Training
Stocking density limits
Notification of stocking density
Requirements for higher stocking densities
Drink and feed
Litter
Ventilation and heating
Noise
Accommodation
Additional dietary requirements
Muzzling
Feeding
Drinking water
Inspection
Calves which are kept outside must be inspected by the...
Tethering
Artificially lit buildings
Cleaning and disinfection
Floors
Bedding and lying area
Bovine colostrum
Where lactating dairy cows or calving cows are kept in...
A pen or yard in a building used for calving...
Calving cows which are kept in a building must be...
In this Schedule— “boar” (“baedd”) means a male pig after...
Bedding
Floors
(1) Where concrete slatted floors are used for pigs kept...
Feeding
Drinking water
Environmental enrichment
Noise levels
Noise levels above 85 dBA must be avoided in that...
Boar pens must be sited and constructed so as to...
Inspection
The lying area must be dry and comfortable.
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the minimum unobstructed floor area...
Pregnant sows and gilts must, where necessary, be treated against...
Farrowing
In the week before the expected farrowing time, sows and...
During farrowing, an unobstructed area behind the sow or gilt...
Farrowing pens where sows or gilts are kept loose must...
Group housing
The pen where the group is kept must have sides...
The unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after service...
Tethering
For gilts after service and pregnant sows, a part of...
Sows and gilts kept on holdings of 10 or fewer...
In addition to the requirements of paragraph 13 of this...
All dry pregnant sows and gilts must be given a...
Where a farrowing crate system is used, piglets must be...
A part of the floor area where the piglets are...
Where a farrowing crate system is used, the piglets must...
Subject to paragraph 38, piglets must not be weaned from...
Piglets may be weaned up to seven days earlier than...
As soon as possible after weaning, weaners and rearing pigs...
(1) Where tethers are used in accordance with paragraph 3,...
If weaners and rearing pigs unfamiliar with one another have...
The use of tranquilising medication in order to facilitate mixing...
If there are signs of severe fighting, the causes must...
The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing...
Accommodation
(1) The dimensions of any stall or pen used for...
Artificially lit buildings
Prevention of fighting
Cleaning and disinfection
Hutches or cages in which rabbits are kept must be—...
Where rabbits are kept in accommodation which is exposed to...
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Duties on persons responsible for farmed animals
Additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits
Monitoring and follow-up at the slaughterhouse
Codes of Practice
Offences
Prosecutions
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