# The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 6: Codes of Practice


(1) A person responsible for a farmed animal—
(a) must not attend to the animal unless he is acquainted with any relevant code of practice and has access to the code while attending to the animal; and
(b) must take all reasonable steps to ensure that a person employed or engaged by him does not attend to the animal unless that other person—
(i) is acquainted with any relevant code of practice;
(ii) has access to the code while attending to the animal; and
(iii) has received instruction and guidance on the code.
(2) In this section, a “relevant code of practice” means a code of practice issued under section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 or a statutory welfare code issued under section 3 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 relating to the particular species of farmed animal to which a person is attending.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110773612/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-england-regulations-2007/regulation-6
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