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Regulation 1 Title, extent, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare of Battery Hens Regulations 1987, shall apply to Great Britain and shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “battery cage” means an enclosed space intended for laying hens in a battery system;

  • “battery system” means an arrangement of cages in rows or tiers or rows and tiers;

  • “laying hens” means adult female domestic fowls (Gallus gallus) which are kept on agricultural land for egg production.