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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1993 - SECT 4 Non-application of Act

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1993 - SECT 4

Non-application of Act

(1)  Sections 8 , 9 and 10 do not apply to practices used in the hunting of animals done in a usual and reasonable manner and without causing excess suffering unless the practices are prohibited by this or any other Act.
(2)  Sections 8 , 9 and 10 do not apply to practices used in –
(a) recreational fishing; or
(b) angling; or
(c) commercial fishing –
done in a usual and reasonable manner and without causing excess suffering unless the practices used are prohibited by this or any other Act.
(3)  Sections 8 and 9 do not apply to any animal research carried out in a licensed institution if that research is carried out –
(a) with the approval of the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee; and
(b) in accordance with any procedures approved by the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee; and
(c) in accordance with a Code of Practice relating to animal research.
(4)  Section 10(1)(a) and section 10(3) do not apply to the feeding of an animal if the feeding is carried out in a reasonable manner, having regard to the natural behaviour of the animal.