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ANIMAL WELFARE AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO. 18 OF 2015)

- Act 18 of 2015
- Royal Assent 24 June 2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Repeal of Act
   4.      Effect of certain consequential amendments

   PART 2 - Animal Welfare Act 1993 Amended

   5.      Principal Act
   6.      Section 7 amended (Management of animals)
   7.      Section 9 substituted
   8.      Section 11 amended (Use of animals to train other animals)
   9.      Section 11A amended (Rodeos)
   10.     Section 12 amended (Traps)
   11.     Section 13 substituted
   12.     Section 14 amended (Instructions by officers)
   13.     Section 16 amended (Power to enter, search and inspect premises)
   14.     Section 21A amended (Identification marks and devices)
   15.     Section 26 amended (Power to require information)
   16.     Sections 26A and 26B inserted
   17.     Section 27 amended (Animal research)
   18.     Section 30 amended (Grant of licences)
   19.     Section 39 amended (Membership of Advisory Committee)
   20.     Section 41 amended (Obstruction)
   21.     Section 41A amended (Offences against officer)
   22.     Section 42 amended (Impersonation)
   23.     Section 43 amended (Custody of animals)
   24.     Sections 48D and 48E inserted
   25.     Schedule 2 amended (Provisions with Respect to Meetings of Advisory
           Committee)

   PART 3 - Animal Welfare (Land Transport of Livestock) Regulations
   2013 Amended

   26.     Principal Regulations
   27.     Regulation 8 amended (Livestock must be fit for transport)
   28.     Regulation 10 amended (Driver's duties generally)
   29.     Regulation 11 amended (Transporter's duties – animals not
           transported in containers)
   30.     Regulation 13 amended (Impact of extreme weather conditions)
   31.     Regulation 14 amended (Livestock-handling facilities)
   32.     Regulation 15 amended (Transport vehicles)
   33.     Regulation 17 amended (Handling poultry, or emus or ostriches, for
           transport)
   34.     Regulation 22 amended (Transporting sick livestock)
   35.     Regulation 25 amended (Livestock to be spelled)
   36.     Regulation 26 amended (Livestock to be provided with water)
   37.     Regulation 32 amended (Requirements for emus and ostriches)
   38.     Regulation 36 amended (Requirements for poultry)

   PART 4 - Animal Welfare (Pigs) Regulations 2013 Amended

   39.     Principal Regulations
   40.     Regulation 6 amended (Pigs to be cared for by skilled and competent
           persons)
   41.     Regulation 7 amended (Pigs to be inspected at least once each day)
   42.     Regulation 8 amended (Tethering of pigs prohibited)
   43.     Regulation 9 amended (Use of electric prodders prohibited)
   44.     Regulation 10 amended (Boars)
   45.     Regulation 11 amended (Risk management system required)
   46.     Regulation 12 amended (Vaccinations and other health treatments to be
           administered by competent persons)
   47.     Regulation 13 amended (Husbandry procedures to be carried out by
           competent persons)
   48.     Regulation 14 amended (Sterilisation to be performed with anaesthesia)
   49.     Regulation 15 amended (Herd health program required)
   50.     Regulation 17 amended (Diseased or injured pigs to be under
           veterinary care or humanely destroyed)
   51.     Regulation 18 amended (Piglets to be checked to ensure suckling)
   52.     Regulation 19 amended (Weaners to be fed twice a day)
   53.     Regulation 20 amended (Accommodation to provide sufficient shelter and
           protection)
   54.     Regulation 21 amended (Accommodation with automatic ventilation system)
   55.     Regulation 22 amended (Accommodation with natural ventilation)
   56.     Regulation 23 amended (Accommodation to be kept clean)
   57.     Regulation 24 amended (Equipment to be maintained and inspected)
   58.     Regulation 25 amended (Electrical systems to be out of reach of
           pigs)
   59.     Regulation 25A amended (Confinement of sows to stalls prohibited)
   60.     Regulation 26 amended (Stalls &c. to be designed to prevent
           aggression between pigs)
   61.     Regulation 27 amended (Confinement of sows to farrowing crates
           restricted)
   62.     Regulation 28 amended (Minimum space requirements for pigs generally)
   63.     Regulation 29 amended (Minimum space requirements for sows in
           farrowing crates)
   64.     Regulation 30 amended (Minimum space requirements for pigs kept in
           stalls)

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