http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111503553/contents

The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Animal rights and welfare

Animals

Meat

Chickens

Animal husbandry

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2010-11-19

ANIMALS, ENGLAND;ANIMAL WELFARE

These Regulations amend the Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1100) (“the 2007 Regulations”) to remove the ban on the beak trimming of poultry that are intended to become laying hens. The Regulations make further provision about the procedures which may be carried out in the case of conventionally reared meat chickens and laying hens (including chicks that are intended to become laying hens). The 2007 Regulations specify the permitted procedures to which the offences in section 5(1) and (2) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) do not apply if such procedures are carried out in accordance with the relevant requirements.