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4 Arrangement of pens
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(2) Closing sheep access to a pen shall be by way of a gate or portable rails capable of—
- (a)maintaining continuity of strength and the alignment of the adjoining boundary; and
- (b)being secured against accidental lifting or removal.
(3) A pen floor shall be required to be so constructed as to be watertight within the pen boundaries and have a surface that provides a satisfactory non-slip foothold for the sheep.
(4) If sheep are to be moved between decks, a ramp must be provided that—
- (a)has a minimum clear width of 550 millimetres;
- (b)has sides that are free from protrusions and that extend to a height of not less than 900 millimetres perpendicular to the ramp floor;
- (c)is fitted with foot battens—
- (i)of a minimum height of 25 millimetres and a minimum breadth of 10 millimetres with edges well rounded; and
- (ii)spaced at regular intervals of not more than 300 millimetres, each end batten being not more than 100 millimetres from the end of the ramp; and
- (d)has a gradient not exceeding one in 2.
(5) If a lower tiered pen on a deck has a water or food receptacle adjacent to a passageway, the upper tiered pen shall be required to have fitted to the side adjoining the passageway, a vertical plate or board of a height not less than 300 millimetres that abuts the floor of the pen.
*Subparagraph (6) is intended to prevent the fouling of food and water of livestock lower tiers. (6) Pens at the forward end of a livestock structure on or above the uppermost continuous deck of a ship, and feeding and watering arrangements provided for those pens, must be effectively screened from sea spray.
(7) If pens are on an exposed deck, the uppermost pens must be fitted with a roof of a height that provides at least the minimum clear height specified by paragraph 1 for each pen and that is waterproof and extends not less than 450 millimetres beyond the deck area occupied by the pens.
(8) If pens are constructed in more than one tier on a deck, walkways must be provided so that no pen floor is at a height of more than 1.50 metres above the deck or a walkway.
(9) Walkways referred to in subparagraph (3) must be so constructed as to not interfere with the safe use of any passageway beneath a walkway and must—
- (a)in a ship that is not an existing ship, have a minimum clear height of 2.0 metres; and
- (b)in an existing ship, have a minimum clear height of 1.8 metres.