Animal Welfare Act 1999

The Animal Welfare Act 1999 is a current Act of Parliament in New Zealand. It is administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries.[1]

Animal Welfare Act 1999
New Zealand Parliament
Long title (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
Royal assent	14 October 1999
Commenced	1 January 2000
Repeals
Animals Protection Act 1960
Amended by
Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2010
Related legislation
Search and Surveillance Act 2012
Status: Current legislation

See also

• Animal welfare in New Zealand
• Agriculture in New Zealand

References

1. "Animal Welfare Act 1999 No 142 (as at 01 October 2012), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

Further reading

• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (December 1999). Guide to the Animal Welfare Act 1999. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. ISBN 9780478075519. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

External links

• Text of the Act at the Parliamentary Counsel Office
• "New Zealand Acts As Enacted: Animal Welfare Act 1999 (1999 No 142)" – via New Zealand Legal Information Institute.