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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act
2000
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 2
3. Principal Act 2
4. Codes of Practice 2
5. Dogs on moving vehicles 2
6. New Part 5 inserted 3
NOTES 4
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Council 1 March 2000
A BILL
to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and for
other purposes.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Amendment) Act 2000
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are to amend the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 to--
(a) make further provision for the offence in
5 relation to the carrying of dogs, while
unrestrained, on certain vehicles on
highways; and
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(b) amend the method of making Codes of
Practice.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
5 day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
No. 46/1986. In this Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to
Reprint No. 3
Animals Act 1986 is called the Principal Act.
as at
22 October
1998. Further
amended by
Nos 68/1997
and 76/1998.
4. Codes of Practice
10 (1) In section 3(1) of the Principal Act, in the
definition of "Code of Practice", for "prepared"
substitute "made".
(2) In section 7(1) of the Principal Act, for "The
Minister may with the approval of the Governor in
15 Council prepare" substitute "The Governor in
Council, on the recommendation of the Minister,
may make".
(3) In section 7(3) of the Principal Act, for "prepared"
substitute "made".
20 5. Dogs on moving vehicles
(1) In section 15A(1) of the Principal Act, insert the
following definitions--
' "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the
Road Safety Act 1986;
25 "tray" means a part of a motor vehicle behind the
cabin that is an open compartment and is
principally constructed to carry a load.'.
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(2) In section 15A(2) of the Principal Act--
(a) for paragraph (a) substitute--
"(a) a motor vehicle with a tray; or";
(b) for "on the tray or trailer" substitute "in or
5 on the tray or trailer (as the case requires)";
(c) for paragraph (c) substitute--
"(c) falling off or out of, or from, or moving
off, the tray or trailer (as the case
requires); or";
10 (d) in paragraph (d), for "truck" substitute
"motor vehicle".
6. New Part 5 inserted
After section 42 of the Principal Act insert--
"PART 5--TRANSITIONALS
15 43. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Amendment) Act 2000
A Code of Practice prepared by the Minister
and published under section 7 as in force
immediately before the date of
20 commencement of section 4 of the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Amendment) Act 2000 is, on that
commencement, deemed to be a Code of
Practice made by the Governor in Council
25 and published under section 7 as amended by
section 4 of that Act and may be varied or
revoked accordingly.".
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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