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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
Royal assent14 October 1999
Commenced1 January 2000
Repeals
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.

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