The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007

Definitions and interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“calf” means a bovine animal up to six months old;

“laying hen” means a hen of the species Gallus gallus which has reached laying maturity and is kept for the production of eggs not intended for hatching;

“litter” means, in relation to laying hens, any friable material enabling the hens to satisfy their ethological needs;

“nest” means a separate space for egg laying, the floor component of which may not include wire mesh that can come into contact with the birds, for an individual hen or for a group of hens;

“person responsible” for an animal has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006;

“pig” means an animal of the porcine species of any age, kept for breeding or fattening;

“usable area” means an area, other than that taken up by a nest, used by laying hens which is at least 30cm wide with a floor slope not exceeding 14% and with headroom of at least 45cm.

(2) Expressions used in these Regulations that are not defined in these Regulations and are used in the following Directives, have the meaning they bear in those Directives—

(a) in relation to pigs, Directive 91/630/EEC(1), 2001/88/EC(2) and 2001/93/EC(3);

(b) in relation to laying hens, Directive 99/74/EC(4); and

(c) in relation to calves, Directive 91/629/EEC(5), 97/2/EC(6) and 97/182/EC(7).

(3) An expression used in regulation 4 or Schedule 1, which is not defined in these Regulations and which appears in Directive 98/58/EC(8), has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of that Directive.

(1)

OJ No L340, 11.12.91, p 33

(2)

OJ No L316, 1.12.2001, p 1

(3)

OJ No L316, 1.12.2001, p 36

(4)

OJ No L203, 3.8.99, p 53

(5)

OJ No L340, 11.12.91, p 28

(6)

OJ No L25, 28.1.97, p 24

(7)

OJ No L76, 18.3.97, p 30

(8)

OJ No L221, 8.8.98, p 23