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ANIMAL WELFARE (PIGS) REGULATIONS (NO. 2) 2023 (S.R. 2023, NO. 51)

- (S.R. 2023, NO. 51)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Meaning of competent stockperson
   5.      Meaning of direct supervision

   PART 2 - Pigs Generally

   6.      Pigs to be cared for by skilled and competent persons
   7.      Pigs to be inspected daily
   8.      Tethering of pigs prohibited
   9.      Use of electric prodders prohibited
   10.     Boars
   11.     Risk management system required

   PART 3 - Health and Monitoring

   12.     Vaccinations and other health treatments to be administered by
           competent persons
   13.     Husbandry procedures to be carried out by competent persons
   14.     Sterilisation to be performed with anaesthesia
   15.     Herd health program required
   16.     Humane destruction of pigs
   17.     Diseased or injured pigs to be under veterinary care or humanely
           destroyed
   18.     Piglets to be checked to ensure suckling
   19.     Weaners to be fed twice a day

   PART 4 - Accommodation

   20.     Accommodation to provide sufficient shelter and protection
   21.     Accommodation with automatic ventilation system
   22.     Accommodation with natural ventilation
   23.     Accommodation to be kept clean
   24.     Equipment to be maintained and inspected
   25.     Electrical systems to be out of reach of pigs
   26.     Confinement of sows to stalls prohibited
   27.     Stalls &c. to be designed to prevent aggression between pigs
   28.     Confinement of sows to farrowing crates restricted

   PART 5 - Minimum Space Requirements

   29.     Minimum space requirements for pigs generally
   30.     Minimum space requirements for sows in farrowing crates
   31.     Minimum space requirements for pigs kept in stalls

   PART 6 - Miscellaneous

   32.     Infringement notices
   33.     Expiry of regulations
   34.     Legislation rescinded
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2

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