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ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 13 Making codes of practice

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 13

Making codes of practice

13 Making codes of practice

(1) A regulation may make codes of practice about animal welfare that are based on good practice and scientific knowledge.
Note—
See the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 , section 23 (Statutory instrument may make provision by applying another document) for the power by regulation to make provision for a matter, including, for example, a code of practice, by reference to another document.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a code of practice may be made about any of the following—
(a) the care and handling of animals;
(b) the use of animals
(i) as companions; or
(ii) for commercial, entertainment, recreational, scientific or other purposes; or
(iii) in any of the following—
• aquaria
• boarding kennels
• pet shops
• theme parks
• zoos;
(c) the performance of medical or surgical procedures on animals;
(d) the use of electric devices on animals;
(e) the transportation of livestock and other animals;
(f) animal slaughtering establishments and the preparation or treatment of animals for human consumption;
(g) the snaring or trapping of animals;
(h) the control of animals that, under section 42 , are feral or pest animals;
(i) aquaculture or livestock production.