Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 (Qld)

Queensland Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 Subordinate Legislation 2004 No. 188 made under the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions for div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 5 (General requirements for all cages used to keep laying fowl) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Insertion of new s 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5A Additional general requirement for all cages used to keep laying fowl on or after 1 January 2008 . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 18 (Access to food) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 19 (Access to water) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s4 Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation No. 188, 2004 (No. 1) 2004 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2004 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the AnimalCareandProtectionRegulation 2002. 3 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions for div 2) (1) Section 4— insert — ‘ broiler breeder means a domestic fowl used to breed meat chickens.’. (2) Section 4, definition meat chicken, from ‘fowl used’— omit, insert — ‘broiler breeder.’. 4 Amendment of s 5 (General requirements for all cages used to keep laying fowl) (1) Section 5(1)— omit, insert — ‘(1) A person must not keep a laying fowl in a cage unless the person ensures the fowl can reasonably access— (a) a water trough the size of which allows a space of 10 cm or more for each fowl kept in the cage; or (b) 2 or more drinkers.’. (2) Section 5(2)(a)— omit, insert — ‘(a) the fowl—

s5 3 s6 Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation No. 188, 2004 (No. 1) 2004 (i) is visible to an extent that allows a person inspecting the fowl to make a general assessment about the fowl’s health and well-being; and (ii) can easily be removed from the cage; and’. 5 Insertion of new s 5A After section 5— insert — ‘5A Additional general requirement for all cages used to keep laying fowl on or after 1 January 2008 ‘A person must not keep a laying fowl in a cage on or after 1 January 2008 unless the person ensures— (a) the floor of the cage provides support for each forward pointing toe of each fowl kept in the cage; and (b) the fowl can reasonably access a food trough the size of which allows a space of 10 cm or more for each fowl kept in the cage.’. 6 Amendment of s 18 (Access to food) (1) Section 18— insert — ‘(2A) However, subsection (1)(b) does not apply if the fowl is— (a) a broiler breeder or layer pullet; and (b) given access to food under a controlled feeding regime.’. (2) Section 18— insert — ‘(4) In this section— controlled feeding regime means a regime involving the management of the amount of food consumed by a fowl to control the weight of the fowl while still ensuring the amount of food consumed is sufficient to meet the fowl’s physiological needs.’.

s7 4 s7 Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation No. 188, 2004 (No. 1) 2004 (3) Section 18(2A) to (4)— renumber as section 18(3) to (5). 7 Amendment of s 19 (Access to water) Section 19(2)(b), before ‘quantity’— insert — ‘quality and’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 16 September 2004. 2 Notified in the gazette on 17 September 2004. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries. © State of Queensland 2004