ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 14

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 14

14 .         Display of licence and code of practice

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), a licensee must cause a copy of the licence to be exhibited to the public at each place where —

            (a)         animals are used for scientific purposes; or

            (b)         animals to be supplied for use for scientific purposes are kept.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         A licensee need not cause a copy of the licence to be exhibited at places where field work is being carried out ( field site ) but if a copy of the licence is not exhibited —

            (a)         the licensee must ensure that a person at the field site has a copy of the licence with him or her at that site; and

            (b)         that person must make the copy of the licence available to a member of the public on request.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (3)         If a licence is subject to a condition that a code of practice be complied with the licensee must —

            (a)         cause a copy of the code to be exhibited to; or

            (b)         make copies of the code available to,

                all the licensee’s staff and students at each place, other than field sites, where —

            (c)         animals are used for scientific purposes; or

            (d)         animals to be supplied for use for scientific purposes are kept.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (4)         If a licence to use animals for scientific purposes is subject to a condition that a code of practice be complied with the licensee must give a copy of the code to the relevant animal ethics committee.

        Penalty: $2 000.