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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Accommodation, feed, water and ethological needs",
  "text": "All conventional (unenriched) cage systems must comply with the following requirements of this paragraph:—\n(a) at least 550cm2 of cage area, measured in a horizontal plane, which may be used without restriction, in particular not including non-waste deflection plates liable to restrict the area available, must be provided for each laying hen;\n(b) a feed trough which may be used without restriction must be provided and its length must be at least 10cm multiplied by the number of hens in the cage;\n(c) unless nipple drinkers or drinking cups are provided, each cage must have a continuous drinking channel of the same length as the feed trough mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) and where drinking points are plumbed in, at least 2 nipple drinkers or 2 drinking cups must be within reach of each cage;\n(d) cages must be at least 40cm high over at least 65% of the cage area and not less than 35cm at any point;\n(e) floors of cages must be constructed so as to support each of the forward-facing claws of each foot and floor slope must not exceed 14% or 8 degrees when made of rectangular wire mesh and 21.3% or 12 degrees for other types of floor; and\n(f) cages must be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}