{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-6/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2000/schedule-6/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/442",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing pig reared in a group must be at least–\n(a) 0.15 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is 10 kg or less;\n(b) 0.20 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 10 kg but less than or equal to 20 kg;\n(c) 0.30 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 20 kg but less than or equal to 30 kg;\n(d) 0.40 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 30 kg but less than or equal to 50 kg;\n(e) 0.55 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 50 kg but less than or equal to 85 kg;\n(f) 0.65 square metres for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 85 kg but less than or equal to 110 kg; and\n(g) 1.00 square metre for each pig where the average weight of the pigs in the group is more than 110 kg.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/256",
      "affecting_title": "The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2003/488",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/442/schedule/6/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:42.912575+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."
}