13Cage doors

13 Cage doors

13 Cage doors

(1) A person must not confine laying fowl in a cage unless the cage has a door that has—

(a) a width of—

(i) if the width of the cage is 50cm or less—the width of the cage, excluding the width of structural supports for the door, or

(ii) if the width of the cage is more than 50cm—at least 50cm, and

(b) a height of—

(i) if the height of the cage measured from the level of the feed trough is 22cm or less—the height of the cage measured from the level of the feed trough, or

(ii) if the height of the cage measured from the level of the feed trough is more than 22cm—at least 22cm.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an individual—50 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—200 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1), if the cage door opens from the top of the cage—

(a) the width of the door must be measured using the axis on which the door swings, and

(b) the height of the door must be measured on the perpendicular to the axis on which the door swings.