EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT 1986 - As at 13 January 2023 - Act 123 of 1986 - NOTES
EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT 1986 - As at 13 January 2023 - Act 123 of 1986 - NOTES
See also--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021
Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 28 October 1991
Reprint No 2 14 October 1993
Reprint No 3 17 November 1998
Reprint No 4 2 January 2008
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986 No 123. Assented to 27.11.1986. Date of commencement of Parts 1, 2 and 6 (secs 52 and 54 excepted) and Schs 1 and 2, 1.5.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 68 of 16.4.1987, p 2005; date of commencement of remainder of provisions (secs 12, 22 and 24 and Sch 4 excepted), 9.6.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 72 of 9.6.1989, p 3383; date of commencement of secs 12, 22 and 24 and Sch 4, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 72 of 9.6.1989, p 3383. This Act has been amended as follows--| 1987 | No 166 | Non-Indigenous Animals
Act
1987. Assented to 25.11.1987. Date of commencement of sec 31, 7.10.1994, sec 2 (2) and GG No 136 of 7.10.1994, p 6164. |
| 1988 | No 131 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
3)
1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 8, 8.9.1995, sec 2 (2) and GG No 110 of 8.9.1995, p 6468. The proclamation appointed 1.9.1995 as the date of commencement. Pursuant to section 23 (5) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the proclamation does not fail merely because it was not published in the Gazette until after the day appointed in the proclamation, but section 23 (5) provides, in that event, for that provision of the Act to commence on the day on which the proclamation was published in the Gazette. |
| 1990 | No 46 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1990. Assented to 22.6.1990. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986, assent, sec 2. |
| 1991 | No 92 | Search Warrants (Amendment) Act
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement, 20.9.1992, sec 2 and GG No 116 of 18.9.1992, p 6837. |
| No 94 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986, 27.3.1992, Sch 1 and GG No 40 of 27.3.1992, p 1983. | |
| 1992 | No 34 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986, assent, Sch 1. |
| No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 1994 | No 32 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986, assent, Sch 1. |
| 1995 | No 16 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Exhibited Animals Protection Act 1986, 1.9.1995, Sch 1 and GG No 99 of 18.8.1995, p 4222. |
| 1996 | No 11 | Exhibited Animals Protection Amendment Act
1996. Assented to 5.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1[#93]-[3[#93], 2.2.2001, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 19.1.2001, p 129; date of commencement of Sch 1 [4[#93] and [5[#93], 1.8.1996, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 26.7.1996, p 4354. |
| 2001 | No 121 | Justices Legislation Repeal
and
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978. |
| 2002 | No 103 | Law Enforcement (Powers
and
Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356. |
| 2004 | No 91 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1.10, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 2005 | No 98 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 2007 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. |
| 2008 | No 33 | Exotic Diseases of Animals
Amendment
Act 2008. Assented to 25.6.2008. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 2009 | No 49 | NSW Trustee and Guardian
Act
2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009. |
| No 78 | Animal Welfare Legislation
Amendment
Act 2009. Assented to 3.11.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2010 | No 59 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2.28, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2). |
| 2012 | No 42 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2012. Assented to 21.6.2012. Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 6.7.2012, sec 2 (1). |
| 2013 | No 95 | Civil and Administrative
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013. Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2. |
| 2015 | No 24 | Biosecurity Act
2015. Assented to 22.9.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 8.13, 1.7.2017, sec 2 and 2017 (227) LW 2.6.2017. |
| No 58 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2015. Assented to 24.11.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.1.2016, sec 2 (3). | |
| 2017 | No 22 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3). |
| No 25 | Electronic Transactions
Legislation
Amendment (Government Transactions) Act 2017. Assented to 27.6.2017. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2020 | No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020. Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 1.15, 1.12.2020, sec 2(3); date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2(1). |
| 2022 | No 59 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022. Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2. |
| No 69 | Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment
(Prohibitions for
Convicted Persons) Act 2022. Assented to 25.11.2022. Date of commencement, 1.1.2023, sec 2(b). |
Table of amendments
| Sec 5 | Am 1988 No 131, Sch 8; 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.10 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2010 No 59, Sch 2.28; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.33 [2[#93]; 2020 No 30, Schs 1.15[1[#93], 3.10. |
| Sec 6 | Am 1994 No 32, Sch 1. |
| Sec 7 | Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.33 [3[#93] [4[#93]. |
| Sec 12 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 11, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Secs 18, 19 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sec 21 | Am 1994 No 32, Sch 1. |
| Sec 22 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1995 No 16, Sch 1. |
| Sec 24 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.15[2[#93]. |
| Sec 25 | Am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.15[3[#93] [4[#93]. |
| Sec 27 | Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2012 No 42, Sch 1.8; 2015 No 24, Sch 8.13 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 30 | Am 2017 No 25, Sch 1.15 [1[#93]; 2022 No 69, Sch 2[1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 30A | Ins 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2022 No 69, Sch 2[3[#93]-[5[#93]. |
| Sec 31 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sec 31A | Ins 2022 No 69, Sch 2[6[#93]. |
| Part 3, Div 5, heading | Subst 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [5[#93]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.55 [1[#93]. |
| Part 3, Div 5 | Subst 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 32 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2. Subst 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [5[#93]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.55 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
| Sec 33 | Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2. Rep 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 37 | Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1. |
| Sec 38 | Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.33 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 39 | Am 1994 No 32, Sch 1. |
| Sec 40 | Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1. |
| Sec 42 | Am 1991 No 92, Sch 2; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.32 [1[#93]-[3[#93]. |
| Secs 43-45 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sec 46 | Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.106; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2008 No 33, Sch 2.3. |
| Sec 46A | Ins 2005 No 98, Sch 1.7. Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.21. |
| Sec 48 | Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1. |
| Sec 49A | Ins 2004 No 91, Sch 1.10 [3[#93]. Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.33 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 51 | Subst 2017 No 25, Sch 1.15 [2[#93]. Am 2022 No 59, Sch 1.13. |
| Sec 53 | Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 11, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 55 | Ins 1996 No 11, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Rep 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [6[#93]. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1996 No 11, Sch 1 [4[#93]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.25; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.33 [7[#93]. |
| Sch 3, heading | Subst 2020 No 30, Sch 1.15[5[#93]. |
| Sch 4 | Am 1987 No 166, sec 31; 2015 No 24, Sch 8.13 [2[#93]. |
| Sch 5 | Ins 1996 No 11, Sch 1 [5[#93]. Subst 2009 No 78, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| The whole Act | Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.33 [1[#93] ("Director-General" omitted wherever occurring, "Secretary" inserted instead). |
| The whole Act (except secs 5 (1), 6 (4) (a), 12 (2), 48 and 53 (1) (i) and clause 2 (1) of Sch 1) | Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1 ("board" omitted wherever occurring, "Director-General" inserted instead). |