PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 5 Access to water

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATION 2012 - REG 5

5 Access to water

(cf clause 17C 2006 Reg)

(1) A person must not confine laying fowl in a cage unless the fowl have access--

(a) to at least 2 independent drinking points, or

(b) to a water trough the length of which allows at least 10 centimetres for each fowl in the cage.

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

(2) This clause does not apply in respect of any laying fowl in the period of 60 hours immediately after the fowl is hatched.

(3) In this clause,
"drinking point" includes a drinking nipple and a cup drinker but does not include a splash cup situated under a drinking nipple.