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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Summary

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

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
Passed1999
Royal assent14 October 1999
Commenced1 January 2000
Repeals
Animals Protection Act 1960
Amended by
Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2010
Related legislation
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Status: Current legislation

See also edit

References edit

  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 edit

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (December 1999). Guide to the Animal Welfare Act 1999. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. ISBN 9780478075519. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

External links edit

  • Text of the Act at the Parliamentary Counsel Office
  • "New Zealand Acts As Enacted: Animal Welfare Act 1999 (1999 No 142)" – via New Zealand Legal Information Institute.