Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2024
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Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2024
Public Act |
2024 No 51 |
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Date of assent |
10 December 2024 |
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Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2024.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after Royal assent.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Racing Industry Act 2020.
4 New subpart 5 of Part 2 inserted
After section 53, insert:
Subpart 5—Offence relating to greyhounds
53A Offence relating to unlawful destruction of specified greyhound
(1)
A person (other than a veterinarian or a veterinary student acting under the direct supervision of a veterinarian) commits an offence if the person—
(a)
intentionally destroys a specified greyhound; or
(b)
knowingly participates in, or procures, the destruction of a specified greyhound.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to—
(a)
the euthanasia of a specified greyhound procured by any person that is undertaken by a veterinarian for a reason specified in clause 2 or 3 of the greyhound euthanasia policy of GRNZ that was in force immediately before commencement of this section:
(b)
the destruction of a specified greyhound by a person acting under the authority of any other legislation.
(3)
A person who commits an offence against this section is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $50,000, or both.
(4)
In this section,—
breeding female means a female greyhound that is registered with GRNZ for breeding purposes
destroy, in relation to a specified greyhound, means to destroy by any means
GRNZ means New Zealand Greyhound Racing Association Incorporated
specified greyhound—
(a)
means a greyhound that is or was registered with GRNZ in accordance with racing rules made under section 37 before, on, or after the commencement of this section; and
(b)
includes the offspring of a breeding female, whether born before, on, or after the commencement of this section
veterinarian has the meaning given by section 4 of the Veterinarians Act 2005.
Legislative history
10 December 2024 |
Introduction (Bill 109–1), first reading, second reading, committee of the whole House, third reading |
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10 December 2024 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs.
Versions
Racing Industry (Unlawful Destruction of Specified Greyhounds) Amendment Act 2024
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