New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
| Public Act | 1999 No 142 |
| Date of assent | 14 October 1999 |
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Obligations of owners and of persons in charge of animals
Defence and rebuttable evidence
34 Restrictions on use of traps and devices to kill, manage, entrap, capture, entangle, restrain, or immobilise animals
National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee
Reviews of code holders and Animal Ethics Committees
Power of Minister to approve research or testing
Approved organisations, inspectors, and auxiliary officers
Power to inspect land, premises, and places and stationary vehicles, aircraft, and ships
Further provisions relating to powers of search and entry
Powers in relation to injured or sick animals
Disposal of animals in custody of approved organisations
Further provisions relating to offences
Exceptions in relation to hunting or killing
Exceptions in relation to use of animals to protect human health or safety
Exception in relation to agricultural compounds and hazardous substances
Schedule 1
Provisions applying in respect of National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee
An Act—
(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
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
