7Nest areas

7 Nest areas

7 Nest areas

(1) A person must not confine laying fowl in a furnished cage unless—

(a) a nest area is provided for use by the fowl, and

(b) the arrangements for the provision of the nest area comply with the minimum standards for providing nest areas for laying fowl under subsection (2).

Maximum penalty—

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

(b) otherwise—200 penalty units.

(2) For subsection (1), the minimum standards for providing nest areas for laying fowl are as follows—

(a) the nest area must have lower light intensity than the other area of the cage,

(b) if a multi-bird nest area is provided for use by the fowl—

(i) if fewer than 120 laying fowl are confined in the cage—the nest area must have an area of at least 1m2, or

(ii) if 120 or more laying fowl are confined in the cage—the nest area must have an area of at least the total of—

(A) 1m2 for the first 120 laying fowl confined in the cage, and

(B) a proportionate amount of the area mentioned in sub-subparagraph (A) for each additional fowl,

(c) if a single-bird nest area is provided for use by the fowl—

(i) there must be at least 1 nest area for every 7 laying fowl confined in the cage, and

(ii) each nest area must be of sufficient area to allow a single fowl to perform normal nesting and laying postures in the nest area.