{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "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/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“litter” means any friable material enabling the hens to satisfy their ethological needs;\n“nest” means a separate space for egg laying, the floor components of which do not include wire mesh that can come into contact with the animals, for an individual hen or for a group of hens; and\n“usable area” means an area, other than a nesting area, used by laying hens at least 30cm wide with a floor slope not exceeding 14% and with headroom of at least 45cm.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 5.11.2010, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/388/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}