Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 - SECT 6

Application of Act

6. Application of Act



(1) This Act does not apply to-



   (a)  the slaughter of animals in accordance with the Meat Industry Act 1993
        or any Commonwealth Act1; or

   (b)  except to the extent that it is necessary to rely upon a Code of
        Practice as a defence to an offence under this Act the keeping,
        treatment, handling, transportation, sale, killing, hunting, shooting,
        catching, trapping, netting, marking, care, use, husbandry or
        management of any animal or class of animals (other than a farm animal
        or class of farm animals) which is carried out in accordance with a
        Code of Practice; or

   (c)  any act or practice with respect to the farming, transport, sale or
        killing of any farm animal which is carried out in accordance with a
        Code of Practice; or

   (d)  anything done in accordance with the
        Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994; or





   (e)  the treatment of any animal for the purpose of promoting its health or
        welfare by or in accordance with the instructions of a veterinary
        practitioner; or



   (f)  the slaughter of a farm animal on a farm if-

   (i)  it is slaughtered for consumption on that farm; and

   (ii) it is slaughtered in a humane manner; and

   (iii) it is not slaughtered for sale; and

   (iv) it is not slaughtered for use in the preparation of food for sale; and

   (v)  it is not removed from that farm; or

   (g)  any fishing activities authorised by and conducted in accordance with
        the Fisheries Act 19952.





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(1B) This Act, except Part 3, does not apply to anything done in accordance
with the Wildlife Act 1975.



(2) In subsection 6(1)(f) farm has the same meaning as in the
Meat Industry Act 1993.



(3) For the purpose of determining whether or not subsection (1) or (1B)
applies to a particular case, a specialist inspector may exercise a power set
out in Part 2A.