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ANIMAL WELFARE REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 30

30—Equipment in indoor housing

        (1)         A person who keeps a pig in indoor housing that is ventilated by an electronically controlled ventilation system must ensure—

            (a)         that—

                  (i)         inspections of the ventilation system are carried out at least twice a day; or

                  (ii)         the housing is fitted with an alarm system,

for the purpose of alerting a person responsible for the care of the pig to any failure or malfunction of the ventilation system; and

            (b)         that the housing is provided with a backup system or equipment that may be relied on to ventilate the housing in the event of such failure or malfunction in order to maintain the health and vitality of the pig.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $210.

        (2)         A person who keeps a pig in indoor housing must ensure that the housing is equipped with—

            (a)         a feeder and waterer for the pig that—

                  (i)         are kept in good working order; and

                  (ii)         are designed and positioned so as not to pose a risk of injury to the pig; and

            (b)         backup equipment or a system that may be relied on to provide feed or water to the pig in the event of a failure or malfunction of a regular feeder or waterer.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $210.

        (3)         A person who keeps a pig in indoor housing must ensure that each feeder, waterer and ventilation system in the housing and any equipment that is essential to the proper functioning of such a feeder, waterer or ventilation system is, unless otherwise specified in this regulation, inspected at least once a day.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $210.

        (4)         A person who keeps a pig in indoor housing must ensure that electrical installations of mains voltage are properly earthed and inaccessible to the pig.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

Expiation fee: $210.



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