Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 - SECT 7

Codes of Practice

7. Codes of Practice



(1) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may make,
vary or revoke Codes of Practice-

   (a)  specifying procedures for 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; or

   (b)  about the premises, facilities, equipment or conditions at any
        premises to which licences granted under Part 3 apply; or

   (c)  the constitution, procedures and processes of animal ethics
        committees.



(2) A Code of Practice may apply, adopt or incorporate (with or without
modification) any matter contained in any document, code, standard, rule,
specification or method issued, formulated, prescribed, adopted or published
by any authority or body as issued, formulated, prescribed, adopted or
published at the time the Code is made or at any time before then.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a Code of Practice or a variation or revocation
of a Code of Practice must as soon as possible after it has been made be
published in the Government Gazette.

(4) Before-

   (a)  any Code of Practice; or

   (b)  any variation or revocation of a Code of Practice-

which deals with any animal is published in the Government Gazette-

   (c)  the Minister must ensure that a copy of that Code, variation or
        revocation has lain on the table of both the Legislative Assembly and
        the Legislative Council for fourteen sitting days, during which time
        the Code may be disallowed by resolution of the Legislative Assembly
        or of the Legislative Council; and

   (d)  the Code, variation or revocation must not have been so disallowed.

(5) A Code of Practice or a variation or revocation of a Code of Practice
takes effect on the date of its publication in the Government Gazette or such
later date as is specified in the Code, variation or revocation.

(6) If any Code of Practice applies, adopts or incorporates matter under
subsection (2) or a variation of a Code of Practice varies a Code so as to
apply, adopt or incorporate such matter in the Code-

   (a)  that Code or variation must specify a place at which copies of that
        matter may be obtained; and

   (b)  the Minister must lay or cause to be laid a copy of that matter before
        the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly as soon as is
        practicable after the Code or variation is published in the Government
        Gazette.

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