Animal Welfare Act 1999

Animal Welfare Act 1999
New Zealand Parliament

(a) to reform the law relating to the welfare of animals and the prevention of their ill-treatment; and, in particular,—

(i) to require owners of animals, and persons in charge of animals, to attend properly to the welfare of those animals:
(ii) to specify conduct that is or is not permissible in relation to any animal or class of animals:
(iii) to provide a process for approving the use of animals in research, testing, and teaching:
(iv) to establish a National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and a National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee:
(v) to provide for the development and issue of codes of welfare and the approval of codes of ethical conduct:
(b) to repeal the Animals Protection Act 1960
Date of Royal Assent 14 October 1999
Date commenced 1 January 2000
Amendments
Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2010
Repealing legislation
Animals Protection Act 1960
Related legislation
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Status: Current legislation

The Animal Welfare Act 1999 is a current Act of Parliament in New Zealand. It is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Animal Welfare Act 1999 No 142 (as at 01 October 2012), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

Further reading

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 27, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.