Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010 (WA)

Western Australia Animal Welfare Act 2002 Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010 Western Australia Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Term used: suitably qualified person 2 5. Application 3 Part 2 — Pig husbandry and day‑to‑day care of pigs 6. Day‑to‑day care of pigs 4 7. Additional care to be given to young pigs 5 8. Pig husbandry 5 9. Pig to be protected from adverse weather, injuries and predators 7 Part 3 — Enclosures for confining pigs Division 1 — Minimum space requirements 10. Pigs confined in individual enclosures 9 11. Pigs confined in group enclosures 10 12. Floor space does not include area occupied by fixtures and fittings 10 Division 2 — Other requirements 13. Management of pigs in enclosures 11 14. Equipment in enclosures 13 Part 4 — Records 15. Records about herd health programmes to be available for inspection 15 Notes Compilation table 16 Defined terms Animal Welfare Act 2002 Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These regulations are the Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010.

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette (gazettal day); (b) regulations 6(4) and 8 — 1 March 2011; (c) regulation 11 — 1 July 2012; (d) regulation 13(4) — 20 April 2017; (e) the rest of the regulations — on the day after gazettal day.

3. Terms used In these regulations — boar means an uncastrated male pig over 9 months old; creep area means that part of a farrowing pen — (a) that adjoins the farrowing crate; and (b) in which the piglets are protected from crushing and overlying by the sow; farrowing means giving birth to piglets; farrowing crate means an enclosure for confining a sow — (a) individually during and after farrowing; and (b) that closely corresponds to the sow's body size; farrowing pen means a pen for confining a sow and her piglets during and after farrowing; herd health programme, in relation to a pig, means a programme in written or electronic form that is structured so that — (a) potential health and biosecurity risks to the pig are identified in a manner specified in the programme; and (b) the actions to be taken to prevent or minimise those risks are specified in the programme; pen means an enclosure, other than a stall — (a) for confining a pig individually in which the pig is able to turn around; or (b) for confining pigs in groups; pig means a pig of the species Sus scrofa domesticus; sow means an adult female pig that has had one or more litters; stall means an enclosure, other than a farrowing crate or a pen — (a) for confining a pig individually; and (b) that closely corresponds to the pig's body size; suitably qualified person has the meaning given in regulation 4.