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Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
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4.Additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, conventionally reared meat chickens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits
General conditions under which farmed animals shall be kept
3.Where animals are kept in a building, adequate lighting (whether...
6.Where necessary, sick or injured animals shall be isolated in...
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 or worn parts in automated or mechanical equipment...
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...
23.Animals shall not— (a) be provided with food or liquid...
24.All animals shall have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
25.All animals shall have access to a suitable water supply...
26.Feeding and watering equipment shall be designed, constructed, placed and...
27.(1) No other substance, with the exception of those given...
29.Animals shall not be kept for farming purposes unless it...
Additional conditions that apply to the keeping of laying hens in non-cage systems
1.All non-cage systems of production for keeping laying hens shall...
3.Where a system is equipped with nipple drinkers or cups,...
4.Where a system has drinking points plumbed in, at least...
5.The floors of installations shall be constructed so as to...
8.The stocking density shall not exceed nine laying hens per...
Additional conditions that apply to the keeping of laying hens in enriched cages
3.A feed trough which can be used without restriction shall...
4.Each cage shall have a drinking system appropriate to the...
5.To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there shall...
6.Cages shall be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
7.While the cages are occupied the surfaces and all equipment...
8.Cages shall be suitably equipped to prevent hens escaping.
9.Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages shall have...
Additional conditions applicable to all systems in which laying hens are kept
Additional conditions that apply to the keeping of conventionally reared meat chickens
Additional conditions that apply to the keeping of calves confined for rearing and fattening
Additional conditions that apply to the keeping of pigs
23.Pregnant gilts and sows shall, where necessary, be treated against...
25.In the week before the expected farrowing time sows and...
26.During farrowing, an unobstructed area behind the sow or gilt...
27.Farrowing pens where sows or gilts are kept loose shall...
30.The total unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after...
33.In addition to the requirements of paragraph 13, sows and...
PART 6 WEANERS AND REARING PIGS
40.As soon as possible after weaning, weaners and rearing pigs...
41.If weaners and rearing pigs unfamiliar with one another have...
42.The use of tranquillising medication in order to facilitate mixing...
43.If signs of severe fighting appear, the causes shall be...
44.The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing...
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