16Stock densities—pre-2025 cages

16 Stock densities—pre-2025 cages

16 Stock densities—pre-2025 cages

(1) A person must not confine laying fowl in a pre-2025 cage unless the floor area of the cage is at least the minimum floor area for the cage determined under this section.

Maximum penalty—

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

(b) otherwise—200 penalty units.

(2) The minimum floor area for a pre-2025 cage containing only 1 laying fowl is—

(a) if the laying fowl weighs 4.5kg or less—1,000cm2, or

(b) if the laying fowl weighs more than 4.5kg, the area calculated by allowing—

(i) 1m2 for each 26kg of the total weight of the fowl in the cage, or

(ii) if the total weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 26kg—a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in subparagraph (i).

(3) The minimum floor area for a pre-2025 cage containing only 2 laying fowl is—

(a) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is 4.5kg or less—1,350cm2, or

(b) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is more than 4.5kg, the area calculated by allowing—

(i) 1m2 for each 40kg of total weight of the fowl in the cage, or

(ii) if the total weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 40kg—a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in subparagraph (i).

(4) The minimum floor area for a pre-2025 cage containing 3 or more laying fowl is—

(a) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 2.4kg—the area calculated by allowing 550cm2 for each fowl in the cage, or

(b) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is not less than 2.4kg and not more than 4.5kg—the area calculated by allowing 600cm2 for each fowl in the cage,

(c) if the average weight of the fowl in the cage is more than 4.5kg, the area calculated by allowing—

(i) 1m2 for each 46kg of the total weight of the fowl in the cage, or

(ii) if the total weight of the fowl in the cage is less than 46kg—a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in subparagraph (i).