PART 6Breeding rabbits
20. Breeding six or more litters of kits in any 12 month period.
21. If any rabbit bred or used in the course of the activity described in paragraph 20 (breeding rabbits) is sold or otherwise supplied to another person by the person carrying out the activity, such supply is considered to form part of that activity for the purposes of these Regulations.
22. The activity described in paragraph 20 (breeding rabbits) does not include—
(a)keeping a rabbit on any premises pursuant to a requirement imposed under, or having effect by virtue of, the Animal Health Act 1981, or
(b)breeding any rabbit for the purpose of—
(i)its consumption (including breeding a rabbit to sell it for the purpose of its consumption), or
(ii)its use, including breeding other rabbits, in the course of meat production.