Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION AMENDMENT REGULATION (NO. 1) 2011 No. 279 - SECT 7

Sections 6 and 7—

omit, insert—

'(1) A person must not keep a laying fowl in a cage installed on or after 1 January 1995 unless—

(a) the height of the cage above the measurable part of the floor is—

(i) more than the height of the fowl; and

(ii) at least 40cm for at least 65% of the measurable part of the floor; and

(b) the height of the door of the cage is—

(i) if a feeder or egg and waste baffle is attached to the floor at the front of the cage—the same as the distance from the top of the feeder or egg and waste baffle to the top of the cage; or

(ii) otherwise—the same as the height of the front of the cage; and

(c) the width of the door of the cage is—

(i) if the width of the cage is more than 50cm—at least 50cm; or

(ii) otherwise—the same as the width of the front of the cage.

'(2) In this section—

front, of a cage, means the side of the cage to which the door is attached.'.