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PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 11 Stock density--transitional for cages installed before 2001

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 11

Stock density--transitional for cages installed before 2001

11 Stock density--transitional for cages installed before 2001

(cf clause 17I 2006 Reg)

(1) A person must not confine laying fowl in a pre-2001 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.
(2) For the purposes of this clause, the minimum floor area of a cage is--
(a) if the cage contains only one laying fowl--1,000 square centimetres, or
(b) if the cage contains only 2 laying fowl--1,350 square centimetres, or
(c) if the cage contains 3 or more laying fowl with an average weight of not more than 2.4 kilograms--the area calculated by allowing 450 square centimetres for each fowl, or
(d) if the cage contains 3 or more laying fowl with an average weight of more than 2.4 kilograms--the area calculated by allowing 600 square centimetres for each fowl.
(3) In this clause, a
"pre-2001 cage" means a cage--
(a) installed at the place where the laying fowl are being confined before 1 January 2001, and
(b) in respect of which the period of time since the date of the installation of the cage is not more than 20 years.