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Welfare of Farmed Animals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. No. 259 of 2002).

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The Regulations insert a new regulation 5 and Schedule 3, to apply requirements in relation to the keeping of laying hens other than in the systems referred to in the new Schedules 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D to the principal Regulations (regulations 5 and 9). The new Schedule 3A specifies requirements for the conditions, including the stocking density, in which laying hens may be kept in non-cage systems. Schedule 3B specifies requirements for the conditions for laying hens kept in conventional (battery)
Title
Welfare of Farmed Animals (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. No. 259 of 2002).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
2002
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
HTML icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/html/uk38757.htm
Link to full text
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Implements
Council Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens.
Amends
Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. No. 270 of 2000).