Equipment in enclosures
14 Equipment in enclosures
A person in charge of a pig that is kept confined in an enclosure ventilated by an electronically controlled ventilation system must ensure —
that —
inspections of the ventilation system are carried out at lease twice a day; or
the enclosure is fitted with an alarm system, for the purpose of alerting a person responsible for the care of the pig to any failure or malfunction of the ventilation system;
and
that the enclosure is provided with a backup system or equipment that may be relied on to ventilate the enclosure in the event of such failure or malfunction in order to maintain the health and wellbeing of the pig.
Penalty: a fine of $2 500.
A person in charge of a pig that is kept confined in an enclosure must ensure that electrical installation of mains voltage are properly earthed and inaccessible to the pig.
Penalty: a fine of $2 500.
A person in charge of a pig that is kept confined in an enclosure must ensure that the enclosure is equipped with —
a feeder and a waterer for the pig that —
are kept in good working order; and
are designed and positioned so as not to pose a risk of injury to the pig;
and
backup equipment or a system that may be relied on to provide feed or water (or another nutritious liquid) to the pig in the event of a failure or malfunction of a regular feeder or waterer.
Penalty: a fine of $2 500.
A person in charge of a pig that is kept confined in an enclosure must ensure that each feeder, waterer and ventilation system in the enclosure and any equipment that is essential to the proper functioning of such a feeder, waterer or ventilation system is, unless otherwise specified in this regulation, inspected at least once a day.
Penalty: a fine of $2 500.
In subregulations (3)(a) and (4) —
feeder means a trough, hopper or other equipment from which feed may be accessed by a pig;
waterer means a trough or other equipment from which drinking water (or another nutritious liquid) may be accessed by a pig.
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