sch.2-sec.19General requirements for stalls used to keep pigs

sch.2-sec.19 General requirements for stalls used to keep pigs

This section applies if a pig is kept in a stall. The person in charge of the pig must ensure— the pig can stand, stretch and lie with its limbs extended in the stall without being obstructed by the stall, including, for example, by bars, railings and fittings; and the pig can stand in the stall without touching, at the same time, the opposite sides of the stall; and when the pig lies in the stall, its snout and hindquarters do not touch, at the same time, the opposite ends of the stall; and if the stall has bars fitted on the top—the pig’s back does not touch the bars when the pig stands at rest or lowers its head; and the pig can easily access a feeder and waterer; and the placement of feeders or waterers does not— interfere with the pig’s ability to stand, stretch, move or lie in the stall; or injure the pig; and the stall is designed and constructed to minimise the risk of harm to the pig from a pig in an adjoining stall; and ensuring the stall is fitted with a barrier reasonable steps are taken to avoid injury to the pig because of contact with another pig in an adjoining stall; and ensuring 2 aggressive boars or a sow and an aggressive boar are not kept in adjoining stalls faeces and urine do not accumulate in the stall so that the pig does not have an area clear of faeces and urine in which to lie. In this section— ends , of a stall, means the shorter sides of the stall that, if a pig were standing in the stall, would ordinarily be parallel to the front and back of the pig. sides , of a stall, means the longer sides of the stall that, if a pig were standing in the stall, would ordinarily be parallel to the sides of the pig. (sch.2-sec.19-ssec.1) This section applies if a pig is kept in a stall. (sch.2-sec.19-ssec.2) The person in charge of the pig must ensure— the pig can stand, stretch and lie with its limbs extended in the stall without being obstructed by the stall, including, for example, by bars, railings and fittings; and the pig can stand in the stall without touching, at the same time, the opposite sides of the stall; and when the pig lies in the stall, its snout and hindquarters do not touch, at the same time, the opposite ends of the stall; and if the stall has bars fitted on the top—the pig’s back does not touch the bars when the pig stands at rest or lowers its head; and the pig can easily access a feeder and waterer; and the placement of feeders or waterers does not— interfere with the pig’s ability to stand, stretch, move or lie in the stall; or injure the pig; and the stall is designed and constructed to minimise the risk of harm to the pig from a pig in an adjoining stall; and ensuring the stall is fitted with a barrier reasonable steps are taken to avoid injury to the pig because of contact with another pig in an adjoining stall; and ensuring 2 aggressive boars or a sow and an aggressive boar are not kept in adjoining stalls faeces and urine do not accumulate in the stall so that the pig does not have an area clear of faeces and urine in which to lie. (sch.2-sec.19-ssec.3) In this section— ends , of a stall, means the shorter sides of the stall that, if a pig were standing in the stall, would ordinarily be parallel to the front and back of the pig. sides , of a stall, means the longer sides of the stall that, if a pig were standing in the stall, would ordinarily be parallel to the sides of the pig.