Paragraph 2 I1F1
England, Wales and Scotland
Enclosures shall be bounded by a guard fence consisting of wire netting of not less than 19 gauge with a mesh not greater the 26 mm F2or, alternatively, welded mesh of not less than 15 gauge with a mesh size not greater than 26mm × 40mm. The fence shall be not less than 1.20 m. high above ground level. The base of the fence shall be buried in the ground to a depth of at least 300 mm. and turned outwards at the bottom at right angles for at least 150 mm. or shall be embedded in a trench of the same depth the bottom of which shall be provided with a foundation at least 150 mm. wide on each side and at least 150 mm. deep of either concrete or of consolidated hard core of brick or concrete rubble or of similar solid and durable material. At the top of the fence there shall be flat sheet metal at least 300 mm. deep securely attached to the inside of the wire netting and to any fence posts inside the enclosure so as to form a continuous baffle leaving no gap between the wire and the sheet metal.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regulations revoked (S.) (2.7.2012) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Keeping and Release and Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/174), art. 1(1), sch. 2 (with art. 5; S.S.I. 2012/174, art. 3); and revoked (E.) (6.4.2015) by The Mink and Coypus (Revocations) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/613), reg. 1(1), Sch.
- F2
Words in Sch. 2 para. 2 inserted (1.1.1983) by The Mink (Keeping) (Amendment) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/1883), regs. 1, 2(b)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.1.1976, see reg. 1