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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 19A Medical and surgical procedures—veterinary practitioners

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 19A

Medical and surgical procedures—veterinary practitioners

    (1)     A veterinary practitioner must not do any of the following for a purpose other than a therapeutic purpose:

        (a)     dock a dog's tail;

        (b)     crop a dog's ear;

        (c)     remove a dog's ear;

        (d)     perform a clitoridectomy on a dog;

        (e)     carry out any other procedure prescribed by regulation.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     A veterinary practitioner must not remove a dog's dewclaws more than 4 days after the day the dog was born for a purpose other than a prophylactic purpose or a therapeutic purpose.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     A veterinary practitioner must not carry out a medical or surgical procedure on an animal for a cosmetic purpose only.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.