sch.1-sec.9Floor area requirements for cages used to keep layer pullets

sch.1-sec.9 Floor area requirements for cages used to keep layer pullets

This section applies if— only 1 domestic fowl is kept in a cage and the fowl is a layer pullet; or 2 or more domestic fowl are kept in a cage and all the fowl kept in the cage are layer pullets. A person in charge of the layer pullet must ensure the floor area of the cage is not less than an area worked out that allows 1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of layer pullet kept in the cage. If 2 layer pullets each weighing 5kg are kept in the same cage, the floor area of the cage must be at least 0.25m 2 . For subsection (2) , if 2 or more layer pullets are kept in the cage, the area may be worked out using the combined weight of all the layer pullets kept in the cage. (sch.1-sec.9-ssec.1) This section applies if— only 1 domestic fowl is kept in a cage and the fowl is a layer pullet; or 2 or more domestic fowl are kept in a cage and all the fowl kept in the cage are layer pullets. (sch.1-sec.9-ssec.2) A person in charge of the layer pullet must ensure the floor area of the cage is not less than an area worked out that allows 1m 2 for each 40kg of weight of layer pullet kept in the cage. If 2 layer pullets each weighing 5kg are kept in the same cage, the floor area of the cage must be at least 0.25m 2 . (sch.1-sec.9-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , if 2 or more layer pullets are kept in the cage, the area may be worked out using the combined weight of all the layer pullets kept in the cage.

• (a) only 1 domestic fowl is kept in a cage and the fowl is a layer pullet; or
• (b) 2 or more domestic fowl are kept in a cage and all the fowl kept in the cage are layer pullets.