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Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 467

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Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 08 December 2025 | Steve Abel

Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 467

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No 467

House of Representatives

Amendment Paper

Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill

Proposed amendments

Steve Abel, in Committee, to move the following amendments:

New clause 11A

After clause 11 (page 4, after line 21), insert:

11A Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

In regulation 3, insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

farrowing pen means an enclosure for confining individual sows and their litters before, during, and after farrowing

Schedule 2

In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3, regulation 26, replace subclause (1) (page 7, line 29 to page 8, line 6) with:

(1)

The owner of, and every person in charge of, a pig must ensure that—

(a)

a sow in a farrowing system is provided with material that can be manipulated and deformed not less than 48 hours before expected farrowing:

(b)

a sow in a farrowing system is able to turn around and lie down at full length and without leg restriction:

(c)

any farrowing pen used has a total usable floor space of no less than 6.5 m2, including unobstructed floor space of no less than 5 m2 for the sow

(d)

a sow in a farrowing system is provided with support as the sow lies down, such as barriers or sloping walls to lean against, and the sow is able to rise and stand comfortably:

(e)

any farrowing system used provides an area to which the piglets can retreat when the sow moves:

(f)

a sow is not housed in a farrowing crate.

In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3, regulation 26, delete subclause (2) (page 8, lines 7 to 12).

In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3, regulation 26(3), replace “subclauses (1) and (2)” (page 8, lines 14 and 15) with “subclause (1)”.

In Schedule 2, new Schedule 3, regulation 26(4), replace “subclause (1)(b)” (page 8, line 16) with “subclause (1)”.

Explanatory note

This Amendment Paper amends the Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill.

It implements the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee’s recommended standard for confinement of sows during farrowing, which requires “free farrowing” and prohibits the use of farrowing crates.

Amendment paper Bill enacted Released 08 December 2025

Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 467

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