Relevant Excepts from the text:

Accommodation

Paragraph 1

1. No calf shall be confined in an individual stall or pen after the age of eight weeks unless a veterinary surgeon certifies that its health or behaviour requires it to be isolated in order to receive treatment.
2. The width of any individual stall or pen for a calf shall be at least equal to the height of the calf at the withers, measured in the standing position, and the length shall be at least equal to the body length of the calf, measured from the tip of the nose to the caudal edge of the tuber ischii (pin bone), multiplied by 1.1.
3. Individual stalls or pens for calves (except for those isolating sick animals) shall have perforated walls which allow calves to have direct visual and tactile contact.
4. For calves kept in groups, the unobstructed space allowance available to each calf shall be--
   • at least 1.5 square metres for each calf with a live weight of less than 150kg;
   • at least 2 square metres for each calf with a live weight of 150kg or more but less than 200kg; and
   • at least 3 square metres for each calf with a live weight of 200kg or more.
5. Each calf shall be able to stand up, turn around, lie down, rest and groom itself without hindrance.
6. Subject to sub-paragraphs (7) and (8), each calf that is kept on a holding on which two or more calves are kept shall be able to see at least one other calf.
7. Sub-paragraph (6) shall not apply to any calf that is kept in isolation on a holding on veterinary advice.
8. For the purpose of calculating the number of calves being kept on a holding in order to determine whether sub-paragraph (6) applies, no account shall be taken of any calf that is being kept in isolation on that holding on veterinary advice.

Tethering

Paragraph 6

1. Calves shall not be tethered, with the exception of group-housed calves which may be tethered for a period of not more than one hour when being fed milk or milk substitute.
2. Where tethers are used in accordance with the preceding sub-paragraph, they shall not cause pain or injury to the calves and shall be inspected regularly and adjusted as necessary to ensure a comfortable fit.
3. Each tether shall be designed to avoid the risk of strangulation or pain or injury and allow the calf to lie down, rest, stand up and groom itself without hindrance.

Artificially lit buildings

Paragraph 7

Bedding and lying area

Paragraph 10

1. All calves shall be provided with appropriate bedding.
2. All calves shall be kept on, or at all times have access to, a lying area which is clean, comfortable and well-drained and which does not adversely affect the calves.
3. All housed calves and calves kept in hutches or temporary structures shall be kept on, or at all times have access to, a lying area which is well-maintained with dry bedding.

Bovine colostrum

Paragraph 11

Additional dietary requirements

Paragraph 12

1. All calves shall be provided with food which contains sufficient iron to ensure a blood haemoglobin level of at least 4.5mmol/litre.
2. A minimum daily ration of fibrous food shall be provided for each calf over 2 weeks old, the quantity being raised in line with the growth of the calf from a minimum of 100g at 2 weeks old to a minimum of 250g at 20 weeks old.

Drinking water

Paragraph 15

1. Subject to sub-paragraph (2), all calves shall be provided with a sufficient quantity of fresh drinking water each day.
2. Calves shall be provided with fresh drinking water at all times--
   • in hot weather conditions, or
   • when they are ill.