PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 4 Definitions

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 4

4 Definitions

(cf clause 17B 2006 Reg)

In this Part--


"floor area" of a cage includes the area under any egg baffle, manure deflector, drinking nipple or vee-trough for water.


"fowl" means a domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus).


"laying fowl" means any fowl being bred, kept or used for the purpose of commercial egg production.


"non-cage housing" , in relation to laying fowl, means any structure, other than a cage, in which the laying fowl are confined (such as a shed).