{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-10.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/388",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Light",
  "text": "(1) All houses must have lighting with an intensity of at least 20 lux during the lighting periods, measured at bird eye level and illuminating at least 80% of the usable area.\n(2) A temporary reduction from that lighting level is permitted where necessary following veterinary advice.\n(3) Within 7 days from the time when the chickens are placed in the house and until 3 days before the expected time of slaughter, the lighting must follow a 24-hour rhythm and include periods of darkness lasting at least 6 hours in total, with at least one uninterrupted period of darkness of at least 4 hours, excluding dimming periods.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 10 in force at 5.11.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/388/schedule/2/paragraph/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:14.406577+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."
}