The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010

2.  After regulation 7 (animal welfare codes) of the Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010(1) insert—

“Animal welfare guidance

7A.— (1) A person responsible for a farmed animal—

(a) must not attend to that animal unless that person—

(i) is acquainted with any relevant animal welfare guidance, and

(ii) has access to the guidance while attending to that animal, and

(b) must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a person employed or engaged by the person responsible does not attend to that animal unless that employed or engaged person—

(i) is acquainted with any relevant animal welfare guidance relating to the animal being attended to,

(ii) has access to a copy of the guidance while that person is attending to that animal, and

(iii) has received appropriate instruction on how to comply with the guidance.

(2) In paragraph (1), “animal welfare guidance” means the guidance contained in the document titled “Guidance for the Welfare of Meat Chickens and Meat Breeding Chickens” and dated April 2019, which was first published by the Scottish Government on its website on 1 April 2019(2).”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2010/388, to which there is an amending instrument not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

ISBN 978-1-78781-646-6 (web only).