Animal Welfare Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Animal Welfare Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 48 of 19952

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Animal Welfare Act 1992.

Dated 22 December 1995.

tony de domenico

Minister

gary humphries

Minister

Commencement

1.  (1)  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

(2)  The amendment effected by regulation 2 commences on 1 January 1996.

Insertion

2. Before regulation 32 of the Animal Welfare Regulations the following Division and heading are inserted in Part III:

“Division 1—Offences

Caging egg-producing domestic fowls

“31A.  (1)  A person who keeps domestic fowls (Gallus gallus) for the purpose of producing eggs shall ensure that any cage in which such a fowl is confined for that purpose has adequate floor space.

Penalty:

(a)in the case of a natural person—10 penalty units;

(b)in the case of a body corporate—50 penalty units.

“(2)  For the purposes of subregulation (1), the floor space of a cage shall be taken to be adequate if it is not less than—

(a)in the case of a cage in which 1 fowl is confined—1000 cm²;

(b)in the case of a cage in which 2 fowls are confined—1350 cm²; or

(c)in any other case—

(i)if the average weight of the fowls in the cage is 2.4 kg or less—450 cm² per confined fowl; or

(ii)if the average weight of the fowls in the cage is greater than 2.4 kg—600 cm² per confined fowl.

“Division 2—Administrative Appeals”.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Regulations 1993 No. 12.  See also Subordinate Law No. 64, 1994.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 22 December 1995.

Penalty units

See section 33AA of the Interpretation Act 1967 and section 9 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1995