New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION REGULATION 2005 - REG 8

8 Standards for animal display establishments

(1) For the purposes of sections 14 and 25 of the Act, the following standards are prescribed:

General Standards for Exhibiting Animals in New South Wales (published in March 2004 by NSW Agriculture)

Policy on Exhibiting Primates in New South Wales (published in March 2000 by NSW Agriculture)

Standards for Exhibiting Animals at Mobile Establishments in New South Wales (published in October 2008 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Animals during Temporary Removals in New South Wales (published in October 2008 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Australian Mammals in New South Wales (published in April 2006 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New South Wales (published in February 2009 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Captive Raptors in New South Wales (published in February 2009 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Carnivores in New South Wales (published in May 2005 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Circus Animals in New South Wales (published in January 2009 by the Department of Primary Industries)

Standards for Exhibiting Seals in New South Wales (published in October 2008 by the Department of Primary Industries)

(2) It is a condition of an authority that the exhibition of animals to which it relates must be in accordance with such of the standards referred to in this clause as are applicable in relation to the authority.

(3) The Director-General may, at the request of a person who is the applicant for or holder of an authority that relates to:

(a) an animal display establishment that was in existence before 9 June 1989, or

(b) the exhibition of an animal that was exhibited by the person before that time,

vary any standard otherwise applicable under this clause to the establishment or the exhibition of the animal by the person.

(4) If a standard is varied under this clause, the standard applicable to the establishment or exhibition of the animal concerned is the standard as so varied.