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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulation 2025
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23 Lifting or carrying laying fowl
23 Lifting or carrying laying fowl
A person who confines laying fowl must not lift or carry the fowl by the head, neck, wings, feathers or tail feathers unless the laying fowl is—
(a) otherwise supported by the breast, or
(b) lifted and carried by the base of both wings.
Maximum penalty—
(a) for an individual—50 penalty units, or
(b) otherwise—200 penalty units.