Welfare of Pigs Regulations 1991
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1991/1477 |
1991 No. 1477
ANIMALSPREVENTION OF CRUELTY
The Welfare of Pigs Regulations 1991
Made 26th June 1991
Coming into force 1st October 1991
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19681and now vested in them2, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and after consultation with such persons appearing to them to represent any interests concerned as they have considered appropriate, hereby make the following Regulations, a draft of which has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Title and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare of Pigs Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st October 1991.
Prohibitions relating to tethers
2.—(1) If any pig which is for the time being on agricultural land is tethered, any person responsible for tethering it shall be guilty of an offence under section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a person is responsible for tethering a pig if the pig is under his control and he—
(a)
(a) tethers it or causes or permits it to be tethered; or
(b)
(b) may reasonably be expected to know that it is or may be tethered.
(3) A person shall not be guilty of an offence by virtue of paragraph (1) by reason of the tethering of a pig while it is undergoing any examination, test, treatment or operation carried out for veterinary purposes.
Prohibitions relating to stalls and pens
3.—(1) Where a pig is kept in a stall or pen on agricultural land (whether or not on its own)—
(a)
(a) the pig must be free to turn round without difficulty at all times; and
(b)
(b) the stall or pen must have at least the minimum dimensions for keeping the pig in the stall or pen on its own;
and if the pig is kept in a stall or pen in contravention of this paragraph any person responsible for its being so kept shall be guilty of an offence under section 2 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a stall or pen has the minimum dimensions for keeping a pig in the stall or pen on its own if—
(a)
(a) the area of the stall or pen is not less than the square of the length of the pig; and
(b)
(b) none of the sides of the stall or pen has a length which is less than seventy-five per cent of the length of the pig.
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