The Act applies to the keeping of chickens for slaughter. The Act's purpose is to ensure that animals are kept in acceptable conditions and sets regulations on production standards of poultry. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries establishes rules related to the required written communication form which shall now be electronically and the use of certain IT systems (digital formats, digital signature etc.). Regulations derogating from the signature requirements shall be prescribed in a way that appeals for personal signature cannot be waived for certain documents (articles 7c-e).
The Act consists of 7 Chapters: Scope (1); Lighting regimes (2); Monitoring of slaughterhouses (3); Payment (4); General provisions (5); Duty to notify electronically (5a): Penalty (6); Entry into force and transitional provisions (7).