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The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2001
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4. Additional duties on owners and keepers of laying hens kept in battery cages
5.Additional duties on owners and keepers of poultry (other than those kept in the systems referred to in Schedules 3A, 3B and 3C)
6. Additional duties on owners and keepers of calves confined for rearing and fattening
GENERAL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH FARMED ANIMALS MUST BE KEPT
3.Where animals are kept in a building adequate lighting (whether...
6.(1) Where necessary, sick or injured animals shall be isolated...
8.The record referred to in paragraph 7 shall be retained...
10.Where animals are continuously or regularly tethered or confined, they...
12.Accommodation and fittings for securing animals shall be constructed and...
13.Air circulation, dust levels, temperature, relative air humidity and gas...
14.Animals kept in buildings shall not be kept in permanent...
15.Where the natural light available in a building is insufficient...
16.Animals kept in buildings shall not be kept without an...
19.Where defects in automated or mechanical equipment of the type...
20.Where the health and well-being of the animals is dependent...
21.The back-up system referred to in paragraph 20(a) shall be...
24.All animals shall have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
25.All animals shall either have access to a suitable water...
26.Feeding and watering equipment shall be designed, constructed, placed and...
27.No other substance, with the exception of those given for...
29.No animals shall be kept for farming purposes unless it...
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH LAYING HENS KEPT IN BATTERY CAGES MUST BE KEPT
2.Battery cages shall be designed, constructed and maintained in such...
4.The cages must be suitably equipped and maintained to prevent...
5.Except where therapeutic or prophylactic treatment demands otherwise, all laying...
8.Accommodation comprising more than three tiers of cages shall not...
10.(1) Every time all the cages housed together are emptied...
1.All newly built or rebuilt non-cage systems of production for...
2.From 1st January 2007, all non-cage systems of production for...
4.The floors of installations must be constructed so as to...
6.Subject to paragraph 7, the stocking density must not exceed...
7.Where on 3 August 1999 the establishment applied a system...
1.All cage systems for rearing laying hens shall comply with...
4.A feed trough which may be used without restriction must...
5.Each cage must have a drinking system appropriate to the...
6.To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there must...
7.Cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL SYSTEMS
2.The sound level shall be minimised. Constant or sudden noise...
3.All buildings shall have light levels sufficient to allow all...
4.Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are in...
6.Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages must have...
8.Subject to paragraph 9, no person shall mutilate any laying...
9.In order to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism, until 31...
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT APPLY TO THE KEEPING OF CALVES CONFINED FOR REARING AND FATTENING
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT APPLY TO THE KEEPING OF PIGS
PART II GENERAL ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
3.Where necessary, sick or injured pigs shall be temporarily isolated...
5.(1) Where the use of tethers is permitted in accordance...
13.When concrete slatted floors are used for pigs kept in...
20.The procedures set out in paragraphs 21-26 of this Schedule...
21.The following procedures shall not be carried out routinely but...
22.Male pigs may be castrated provided the means employed do...
24.Boars' tusks may be reduced in length where necessary to...
30.Pregnant gilts shall, where necessary, be treated against external and...
32.In the week before the expected farrowing time sows and...
33.During farrowing, an unobstructed area behind the sow or gilt...
34.Farrowing pens where sows are kept loose must have some...
35.In the week before the expected farrowing time and during...
38.The total unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after...
41.In addition to the requirements of paragraph 14 of Part...
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