# The Sales, Markets and Lairs Order (Northern Ireland) 1975, Article 23: Penning of animals


(1) No person shall permit animals in a market or lair to be penned otherwise than in accordance with the following provisions :
(a) the animals shall be so contained and distributed within the pens as to avoid injury, overcrowding or other cause of unnecessary suffering, regard being had, where necessary, to unfitness and to differences of age, size and sex;
(b) bulls and boars which are capable of being used for breeding purposes, shall be kept separate from other animals or, in the case of a bull, secured by the head or neck.
(2) Nothing in the preceding paragraph shall require an animal with unweaned young to be kept separate from her young if both the animal and her young are kept separate from all other animals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1975/294/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sales-markets-and-lairs-order-northern-ireland-1975/article-23
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