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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act

2000

Act No. 11/2000

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purposes	1
2.	Commencement	2
3.	Principal Act	2
4.	Codes of Practice	2
5.	Dogs on moving vehicles	2
6.	New Part 5 inserted	3

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Victoria

No. 11 of 2000

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

(Amendment) Act 2000†

[Assented to 18 April 2000]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purposes

The purposes of this Act are to amend the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 to—

(a)	make further provision for the offence in relation to the carrying of dogs, while unrestrained, on certain vehicles on highways; and
(b)	amend the method of making Codes of Practice.

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2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3. Principal Act

No. 46/1986.	In this Act, the Prevention of Cruelty to
Reprint No. 3
as at	Animals Act 1986 is called the Principal Act.
22 October 1998. Further amended by Nos 68/1997 and 76/1998.

4. Codes of Practice

(1) In section 3(1) of the Principal Act, in the

definition of "Code of Practice", for "prepared"

substitute "made".

(2) In section 7(1) of the Principal Act, for "The

Minister may with the approval of the Governor in may make".

Council prepare" substitute "The Governor in

(3) In section 7(3) of the Principal Act, for "prepared"

substitute "made".

5. Dogs on moving vehicles

(1) In section 15A(1) of the Principal Act, insert the

following definitions—

' "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the

Road Safety Act 1986;

"tray" means a part of a motor vehicle behind the

cabin that is an open compartment and is
principally constructed to carry a load.'.

(2) In section 15A(2) of the Principal Act—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute— "(a) a motor vehicle with a tray; or";

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(b)	for "on the tray or trailer" substitute "in or on the tray or trailer (as the case requires)";
(c)	for paragraph (c) substitute— "(c) falling off or out of, or from, or moving

off, the tray or trailer (as the case

requires); or";

(d) in paragraph (d), for "truck" substitute "motor vehicle".

6. New Part 5 inserted

After section 42 of the Principal Act insert—

"PART 5—TRANSITIONALS

43.  Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act 2000

A Code of Practice prepared by the Minister and published under section 7 as in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act 2000 is, on that commencement, deemed to be a Code of Practice made by the Governor in Council and published under section 7 as amended by section 4 of that Act and may be varied or revoked accordingly.".

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Council: 1 March 2000

Legislative Assembly: 16 March 2000

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 and for other purposes."