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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-3",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111010211",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/3",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Birds",
  "text": "Procedure\nPurpose\nMicro chipping\nIdentification\nBeak trimming of poultry\nFlock welfare\nConditions—\n1) Beak trimming of poultry may only be performed to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism and, in relation to laying hens kept on holdings of 350 or more and meat chickens kept on holdings of 500 or more, when the animals are less than 10 days old.\n2) Beak trimming of laying hens kept on holdings of 350 or more may only be performed using the infra-red procedure.\n3) In an emergency, to control an outbreak of feather pecking or cannibalism in laying hens, conditions 1 and 2 do not apply.\n4) Beak trimming of meat chickens may only be carried out, after consultation with and on the advice of a veterinary surgeon, by qualified staff, and where other measures to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism are exhausted.\nDe-snooding\nGeneral animal management\nCutting of the toes of poultry other than laying hens and meat chickens\nGeneral animal management\nDubbing of domestic fowl other than laying hens and meat chickens\nGeneral animal management\nPinioning of birds other than poultry\nGeneral animal management\nLaparoscopy\nGeneral animal management\nCastration, ovidectomy and vasectomy of a bird other than poultry\nControlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive into a bird other than poultry\nControlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme\nWing tagging\nIdentification of—\n1) poultry in connection with breeding or testing for the presence of disease; or\n2) a bird other than poultry in connection with conservation or research\nWeb tagging\nIdentification of—\n1) poultry in connection with breeding or testing for the presence of disease; or\n2) a bird other than poultry in connection with conservation or research",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010211/schedule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.903856+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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