# The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Paragraph 7: Tail docking


(1) The procedure shall only be carried out where measures to improve environmental conditions or management systems have first been taken to prevent tail-biting, but there is still evidence to show that injury to pigs’ tails by biting has occurred.
(2) Tail docking of pigs aged not more than 7 days may be carried out without an anaesthetic as long as there is quick and complete severance of the part of the tail to be removed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337986765/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-animals-permitted-procedures-by-lay-persons-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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