sch.1-sec.13Floor area requirements for sheds used to keep meat chickens

sch.1-sec.13 Floor area requirements for sheds used to keep meat chickens

This section applies if— only 1 domestic fowl is kept in a shed and the fowl is a meat chicken; or 2 or more domestic fowl are kept in a shed and all the fowl are meat chickens. A person in charge of the meat chicken must ensure the floor area of the shed is not less than an area worked out by allowing— for a tunnel ventilated shed that has an extractive system or evaporative cooling system that results in an air change rate of at least 1 change per minute—1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 250m 2 . for a tunnel ventilated shed, other than a shed mentioned in paragraph (a) — for the period between 1 April and 30 September—1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 250m 2 . for the period between 1 October and 31 March—1m 2 for each 36kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 277.78m 2 . for a shed that has a water-based cooling system or stirring fans— for the period between 1 April and 30 September—1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 250m 2 . for the period between 1 October and 31 March—1m 2 for each 36kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 277.78m 2 . for any other shed—1m 2 for each 28kg of weight of meat chicken. If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 357.14m 2 . For subsection (2) , if 2 or more meat chickens are kept in a shed, the area may be worked out using the combined weight of all the chickens kept in the shed. (sch.1-sec.13-ssec.1) This section applies if— only 1 domestic fowl is kept in a shed and the fowl is a meat chicken; or 2 or more domestic fowl are kept in a shed and all the fowl are meat chickens. (sch.1-sec.13-ssec.2) A person in charge of the meat chicken must ensure the floor area of the shed is not less than an area worked out by allowing— for a tunnel ventilated shed that has an extractive system or evaporative cooling system that results in an air change rate of at least 1 change per minute—1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 250m 2 . for a tunnel ventilated shed, other than a shed mentioned in paragraph (a) — for the period between 1 April and 30 September—1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 250m 2 . for the period between 1 October and 31 March—1m 2 for each 36kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 277.78m 2 . for a shed that has a water-based cooling system or stirring fans— for the period between 1 April and 30 September—1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 250m 2 . for the period between 1 October and 31 March—1m 2 for each 36kg of weight of meat chicken; and If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 277.78m 2 . for any other shed—1m 2 for each 28kg of weight of meat chicken. If 2,000 meat chickens each weighing 5kg are kept in a shed, the floor area of the shed must be at least 357.14m 2 . (sch.1-sec.13-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , if 2 or more meat chickens are kept in a shed, the area may be worked out using the combined weight of all the chickens kept in the shed.