PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 10 Stock density
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 10
Stock density10 Stock density
(cf clause 17H 2006 Reg)
(1) This clause does not apply to laying fowl confined in a pre-2001 cage (within the meaning of clause 11).
(2) A person must not confine laying fowl in a cage unless the floor area of the cage is not less than the minimum floor area determined in accordance with this clause.: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units in the case of an individual.
(3) Cage containing 1 laying fowl The minimum floor area of a cage containing only 1 laying fowl is--(a) if the laying fowl weighs 4.5 kilograms or less--1,000 square centimetres, or(b) if the laying fowl weighs more than 4.5 kilograms, the area calculated by allowing--(i) 1 square metre for each 26 kilograms of the total weight of the fowl in the cage, or(ii) if the total weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 26 kilograms, a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in subparagraph (i).
(4) Cage containing 2 laying fowl The minimum floor area of a cage containing only 2 laying fowl is--(a) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is 4.5 kilograms or less--1,350 square centimetres, or(b) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is more than 4.5 kilograms, the area calculated by allowing--(i) 1 square metre for each 40 kilograms of total weight of the fowl in the cage, or(ii) if the total weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 40 kilograms, a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in subparagraph (i).
(5) Cage containing 3 or more laying fowl The minimum floor area of a cage containing 3 or more laying fowl is--(a) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 2.4 kilograms--the area calculated by allowing 550 square centimetres for each fowl in the cage, or(b) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is not less than 2.4 kilograms and not more than 4.5 kilograms--the area calculated by allowing 600 square centimetres for each fowl in the cage,(c) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is more than 4.5 kilograms, the area calculated by allowing--(i) 1 square metre for each 46 kilograms of the total weight of the fowl in the cage, or(ii) if the total weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 46 kilograms, a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in subparagraph (i).