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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2010/9780111010228",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Accommodation",
  "text": "Laying hens must have—\n(a) at least 750cm2 of cage area per hen, 600cm2 of which shall be usable area; the height of the cage other than that above the usable area shall be at least 20cm at every point and no cage shall have a total area that is less than 2000cm2;\n(b) a nest;\n(c) litter such that pecking and scratching are possible; and\n(d) appropriate perches allowing at least 15cm per hen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111010228/schedule/3/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:40.372700+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}