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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2001/schedule-3C/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2001/schedule-3C/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2682",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-farmed-animals-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "schedule/3C/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Laying hens must have—\n(a) at least 750 cm2 of cage area per hen, 600 cm2 of which must be usable; the height of the cage other than that above the usable area shall be at least 20 cm at every point and no cage shall have a total area that is less than 2000 cm2;\n(b) a nest;\n(c) litter such that pecking and scratching are possible;\n(d) appropriate perches allowing at least 15 cm per hen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3C inserted (6.8.2002) by The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1898), regs. 1(2), 2(8), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2682/schedule/3C/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:15:59.986548+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."
}