PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 17 Stock density

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 17

17 Stock density

(cf clause 17O 2006 Reg)

A person must not confine laying fowl in non-cage housing unless the useable floor area of the non-cage housing (that is, the area of the floor on which fowl might stand, perch or nest) is not less than--

(a) the area calculated by allowing 1 square metre for each 30 kilograms of the total weight of laying fowl confined in the non-cage housing, or

(b) if the total weight of laying fowl in the non-cage housing is less than 30 kilograms, a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in paragraph (a).

: Maximum penalty--200 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units in the case of an individual.