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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Domestic Fowl)
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 1
3. Commencement 1
4. Definitions 2
5. Calculation of floor area 2
6. General conditions for the keeping of domestic fowl 2
7. General cage requirements for domestic fowl kept for egg
production 3
8. Minimum cage floor area for fowl of less than 4
⋅5 kilograms
kept for egg production 4
9. Minimum cage floor area for fowl of 4
⋅5 kilograms or more
kept for egg production 4
10. General requirements for domestic fowl kept for egg or meat
production in non-cage housing 5
11. Minimum useable floor area for fowl kept for egg production
in non-cage housing 6
12. Minimum useable floor area for fowl kept for meat production
in non-cage housing 6
13. Savings provision for existing cages 7
14. Consequential amendment 7
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STATUTORY RULES 2006
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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Domestic Fowl)
Regulations 2006
The Lieutenant-Governor as the Governor's Deputy with the
advice of the Executive Council makes the following
Regulations:
Dated: 24 October 2006
Responsible Minister:
BOB CAMERON
Minister for Agriculture
RUTH LEACH
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to provide
for the conditions under which domestic fowl are
housed.
2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 42 of
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986.
3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on
1 January 2007.
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4. Definitions
In these Regulations—
"domestic fowl" means a member of the species
Gallus domesticus;
"the Act" means the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act 1986.
5. Calculation of floor area
(1) In calculating the cage floor area for the purposes
of these Regulations, the following areas are to be
included—
(a) the area of floor under any egg or waste
baffle;
(b) the area of floor under the drinking nipples
and vee-trough for water.
(2) In calculating the useable floor area of a non-cage
housing system for the purposes of these
Regulations, the following areas are to be
included—
(a) any slatted or metal mesh areas of flooring;
(b) any area of floor taken up by feeding and
watering equipment and nest boxes.
6. General conditions for the keeping of domestic fowl
(1) A person who keeps domestic fowl must ensure
that all fowl are provided with access to food that
contains adequate nutrients to meet their
requirements for good health and vitality—
(a) in the case of newly-hatched fowl, within
60 hours after hatching; and
(b) in every other case, at least once in every
24 hour period.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
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(2) A person who keeps domestic fowl must ensure
that all fowl are provided with access to sufficient
water to meet their physiological requirements—
(a) in the case of newly-hatched fowl, within
60 hours after hatching; and
(b) in every other case, at least once in every
24 hour period.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3) A person who keeps domestic fowl must ensure
that all fowl are inspected at least once in every
24 hour period to assess their health and well-
being.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
7. General cage requirements for domestic fowl kept
for egg production
(1) A person who keeps domestic fowl in cages for
egg production must ensure that cages in a
structure with more than one deck are arranged so
that all fowl housed in each cage are—
(a) protected from excreta from fowl housed in
cages on higher decks; and
(b) visible for the purpose of inspection.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) A person who keeps domestic fowl in cages for
egg production must ensure that each cage floor is
constructed to support each forward pointing toe
of fowl housed in that cage.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3) A person who keeps domestic fowl in cages for
egg production must ensure that the height of a
cage is higher than the maximum height of any
fowl standing normally in that cage.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
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(4) A person who keeps domestic fowl in cages for
egg production must ensure that each cage has a
door the full height of the cage and either the full
width of the cage or 50 centimetres or more wide.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
8. Minimum cage floor area for fowl of less than
4⋅5 kilograms kept for egg production
A person who keeps domestic fowl in cages for
egg production must, for every fowl weighing less
than 4⋅5 kilograms, provide a cage floor area of
not less than
(a) 1000 square centimetres in a cage housing
one fowl;
(b) 1350 square centimetres in a cage housing
2 fowl;
(c) 550 square centimetres for every fowl in a
cage housing 3 or more fowl if each of those
fowl weigh under 2⋅4 kilograms;
(d) 600 square centimetres for every fowl in a
cage housing 3 or more fowl if any of those
fowl weigh 2⋅4 kilograms or more.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
9. Minimum cage floor area for fowl of 4⋅5 kilograms
or more kept for egg production
A person who keeps domestic fowl weighing
4⋅5 kilograms or more in cages for egg production
must provide a cage floor area so that—
(a) for a cage housing one fowl—the total
weight of the fowl does not exceed
26 kilograms per square metre of the cage
floor area;
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(b) for a cage housing 2 fowl—the total weight
of the fowl does not exceed 40 kilograms per
square metre of the cage floor area;
(c) for a cage housing 3 or more fowl—the total
weight of the fowl does not exceed
46 kilograms per square metre of the cage
floor area.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
10. General requirements for domestic fowl kept for egg
or meat production in non-cage housing
(1) A person who keeps domestic fowl in a non-cage
housing system for egg or meat production must
ensure that there is sufficient access to the fowl to
enable the inspection of each fowl to assess its
health and well-being.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) A person who keeps domestic fowl in a non-cage
housing system for egg or meat production must
ensure that all fowl kept in a system that contains
more than one housing level or multi-level
perches are protected from excreta from fowl on
higher levels.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(3) A person who keeps domestic fowl in a non-cage
housing system for egg or meat production must
ensure that all fowl have a space at least
45 centimetres high.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
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11. Minimum useable floor area for fowl kept for egg
production in non-cage housing
A person who keeps domestic fowl in a non-cage
housing system for egg production must provide a
useable floor area in that system so that the total
weight of the fowl does not exceed 30 kilograms
per square metre of the useable floor area.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
12. Minimum useable floor area for fowl kept for meat
production in non-cage housing
A person who keeps domestic fowl in a non-cage
housing system for meat production must provide
a useable floor area so that—
(a) for a housing system utilising evaporative
cooling—the total weight of fowl does not
exceed 40 kilograms per square metre of the
useable floor area;
(b) for a housing system utilising a water based
cooling system with stirring fans—
(i) the total weight of fowl does not exceed
40 kilograms per square metre of the
useable floor area between 1 March and
31 October each year; and
(ii) the total weight of fowl does not exceed
36 kilograms per square metre of the
useable floor area between 1 November
and 28 February (29 February in a leap
year) each year;
(c) for a housing system that has no mechanical
cooling system—the total weight of fowl
does not exceed 28 kilograms per square
metre of the useable floor area.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
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13. Savings provision for existing cages
(1) Regulation 7(4) does not apply to a person who
keeps domestic fowl in a cage installed before the
commencement of these Regulations until
1 January 2008.
(2) Regulation 8(c) does not apply until 1 January
2008 to a person who keeps domestic fowl
weighing under 2⋅4 kilograms for egg production
in a cage installed before the commencement of
these Regulations if the person provides a cage
floor area of not less than 450 square centimetres
for each fowl.
(3) Regulation 8(c) does not apply until 1 January
2015 to a person who keeps domestic fowl
weighing under 2⋅4 kilograms for egg production
in a cage that complies with regulation 7 and was
installed before the commencement of these
Regulations if the person provides a cage floor
area of not less than 450 square centimetres for
each fowl.
14. Consequential amendment
Regulation 7 of the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Regulations 19971 is revoked.
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 14: S.R. No. 159/1997. Reprint No. 2 as at 23 February 2006.
Reprinted to S.R. No. 3/2006. Subsequently amended by
S.R. No. 58/2006.
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