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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 No. 84
4.—(1) Each cat must have access to—
(a)a clean, dry and warm sleeping with comfortable bedding and which is free from draughts, and
(b)an exercise area.
(2) Each cat must be provided with sufficient space to—
(a)stand upright on its hind legs,
(b)lie down fully stretched out,
(c)walk, and
(d)turn around,
without touching another cat or the walls of the sleeping area.
(3) The exercise area must not be used as a sleeping area unless the cat chooses to do so.
(4) There must be a separate birthing area for each breeding female cat to give birth in and which contains a suitable bed for giving birth.
(5) Each birthing area must be maintained at an appropriate temperature and include an area which allows the breeding female cat to move away from heat spots and from her young if she chooses to do so.
(6) Each cat must be provided with constant access to a sleeping area.
(7) No kitten aged under 8 weeks may be transported without its biological mother except—
(a)if a veterinary surgeon agrees for health or welfare reasons that it may be so transported, or
(b)in an emergency.
(8) No pregnant breeding female cat may be transported later than 54 days after the date of successful mating or artificial insemination except to a veterinary surgeon.
(9) No breeding female cat may be transported earlier than 48 hours after giving birth except to a veterinary surgeon where it is not otherwise practicable or appropriate for that person to attend to the female cat.
(10) In this paragraph, “exercise area” means a secure area where cats may exercise and play.
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