Registration of Establishments Keeping Laying Hens (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. 576 of 2003).

The Regulations apply to establishments keeping 350 or more laying hens, other than those rearing breeding laying hens (reg. 3). The Scottish Ministers are required to set-up and maintain a register of such establishments recording the details listed in the Schedule and to allocate a distinguishing number to each establishment (reg. 4). Keepers and owners of establishments shall apply for registration and must supply to the Scottish Ministers with the appropriate information (reg. 5(1)). The information in the register will be made available to the Food Standards Agency and local authorities where this is necessary to trace eggs put on the market for human consumption (reg. 6). Establishments may not continue in operation after these Regulations come into force if an application for registration has not been made by that date, and new establishments may not be brought into operation after that date until a distinguishing number has been communicated (reg. 8). Regulations 10 to 13 create offences and provide for enforcement.