Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations

ANIMAL WELFARE REGULATION 2001

- made under the Animal Welfare Act 1992

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of regulation  
   2.      Dictionary  
   3.      Notes  
   4.      Offences against regulation—application of Criminal Code etc  

   PART 2--ANIMAL WELFARE OFFENCES

   5.      Prescribed electrical devices and animals—Act, s 13  

   PART 3--RESEARCH, TEACHING AND BREEDING

   6.      Prescribed animals—Act, s 25 (2) (c)  
   6A.     Licence conditions—Act, s 28  
   6B.     Authorisation conditions—Act, s 39  
   7.      Animal ethics committees—Act, s 50 and dict  

   PART 4--CIRCUSES AND TRAVELLING ZOOS

   7A.     Circus permit condition—Act, s 56  
   7B.     Travelling zoo permit condition—Act, s 56  

   PART 5--ANIMAL TRAPPING

   7C.     Prohibited traps—Act, s 60  
   7D.     Trapping permit condition—Act, s 65  

   PART 6--COMMERCIAL EGG PRODUCTION

           Division 6.1--Preliminary

   8.      Definitions—pt 6  
   9.      Meaning of keeps a laying fowl—pt 6  

           Division 6.2--Laying fowl kept in cages

   10.     Offences—failure to provide access to food and water  
   11.     Offence—failure to comply with multi-deck structure requirements  
   12.     Offence—failure to comply with cage floor requirement  
   13.     Offence—failure to comply with cage height requirements  
   14.     Offences—failure to comply with cage door requirements  
   15.     Offence—failure to provide minimum cage floor area for 1 laying fowl  
   16.     Offence—failure to provide minimum cage floor area for 2 laying fowl  
   17.     Offences—failure to provide minimum cage floor area for 3 or more laying  

           Division 6.3--General food and water requirements

   18.     Offences—failure to provide adequate food and water  

           Division 6.4--Inspection requirements

   19.     Meaning of trapped—div 6.4  
   20.     Offence—failure to carry out inspection  
   21.     Offence—unsatisfactory inspection  
   22.     Offence—failure to act after inspection in relation to distressed or escaped fowl  
   23.     Offence—failure to act after inspection in relation to water etc  
   24.     Offence—failure to keep inspection records  

           Division 6.5--Management practices

   25.     Offence—blinkers etc  
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           DICTIONARY
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