Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1993 - SECT 3

In this Act –

"Advisory Committee" means the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee established under section 39;

"animal" means –

(a) any live vertebrate animal other than a human being; or

(b) any other creature prescribed for the purposes of any or all of the provisions of this Act;

"Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee" means a committee referred to in section 30;

"animal research" means a procedure, test, experiment, inquiry or study on an animal which –

(a) is undertaken to develop, demonstrate or acquire knowledge, or techniques, in an area of science or teaching; and

(b) is likely to have a significant adverse effect on the welfare of the animal;

"animal welfare guidelines" means the guidelines on animal welfare approved by the Minister under section 44B;

"animal welfare standards" means the standards for the care and management of animals prescribed in the regulations under section 44A;

"care or charge", in relation to an animal, has the meaning given by section 3A;

"Code of Practice" means a code of practice approved by the Minister under section 34 or the Rodeo Code of Practice;

"conveyance" means any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other contrivance intended to be, or being, used to carry animals, people or goods over land or water or in the air;

"function" includes duty;

"inspector" means a person –

(a) appointed under section 36; or

(b) carrying out the functions of an inspector under section 38(3);

"licensed institution" means an institution licensed under Part 4;

"officer" means –

(a) a police officer; or

(b) a person appointed as an officer under section 13;

"premises" includes a conveyance;

"regulations" means regulations made under this Act;

"rodeo" means a competition or public event that –

(a) involves the use of cattle or horses, or both; and

(b) may involve the use of other animals; and

(c) involves the riding of bucking animals or the catching, wrestling, roping or tying of animals, or any combination of those activities;

"Rodeo Code of Practice" means the Code of Practice prescribed for the purposes of section 11A(1)(a);

"Secretary" means Secretary of the Department;

"snare" means any noose, loop or similar instrument, implement or appliance, other than a lasso, which is capable of being used to catch any animal;

"society" means –

(a) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals established in the State; or

(b) any society proclaimed to be a society for the purposes of this Act in accordance with section 49;

"veterinary surgeon" means a person registered as a veterinary surgeon pursuant to Part IV of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1987.