# The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010, Paragraph 2: Training

Extent: S

(1) A keeper must hold—
(a) a certificate recognised by the Scottish Ministers as evidence that a keeper of chickens has completed sufficient training in the matters specified in sub-paragraph (1A);
(b) written confirmation from the Scottish Ministers that the keeper’s experience is deemed to be equivalent to the certificate described in sub-paragraph (1)(a).
(1A) The specified matters are—
(a) the requirements of these Regulations;
(b) physiology, in particular drinking and feeding needs, animal behaviour, and the concept of stress;
(c) the practical aspects of the careful handling of chickens, and catching, loading and transport;
(d) emergency care for chickens, emergency killing and culling; and
(e) preventative biosecurity measures.
(2) The Scottish Ministers must publish from time to time, in such a way as they consider appropriate, a list of certificates recognised by them for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/388/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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