Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General) Amendment (Animal Trades) Regulation 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 415

New South Wales

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

(General) Amendment (Animal Trades)

Regulation 2008

under the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979.

IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C., Minister for Primary Industries

Explanatory note
Part 3 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General Regulation) 2006 deals with the conduct of animals trades (such as pet shops and boarding kennels) and the care and treatment of animals used or kept in connection with animal trades.
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to prescribe the 2008 Animal Welfare Code of Practice—Animals in Pet Shops (published by the Department of Primary Industries) as the relevant code of practice for pet shops, and
(b)	to allow an offence under clause 20 (which imposes certain obligations on people involved in animal trades and requires compliance with relevant codes of practice) to be dealt with by way of a penalty notice and to prescribe $200 as the penalty for the offence when dealt with in that manner.

This Regulation is made under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979, including sections 33E and 35 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 117 of 12 September 2008, page 9235	Page 1
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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General) Amendment

(Animal Trades) Regulation 2008

under the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General)
Amendment (Animal Trades) Regulation 2008.

2 Amendment of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General) Regulation 2006

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General) Regulation 2006 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Schedule 2 Animal trades and Codes of Practice

Omit “‘Animal Welfare Code of Practice No 2—Animals in Pet Shops’, published in 1996 by NSW Agriculture” from Column 2.

Insert instead “‘Animal Welfare Code of Practice—Animals in Pet Shops’, published in 2008 by the Department of Primary Industries”.

[2]      Schedule 3 Penalty notice offences

Insert in columns 1, 2 and 3, respectively, after the matter relating to clause 17P of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (General) Regulation 2006:

Clause 20 (1) $200 —

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