📜 Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2017
Assented toLCBill 3311 October 2017
The Animal Welfare Amendment Bill 2017 amends the Animal Welfare Act 2002 to enhance the regulation of animal health, safety, and welfare, and to improve compliance monitoring. It introduces new regulation-making powers and a new class of inspectors.
Impact
Animal owners, livestock transporters, zoos, wildlife parks, animal breeding establishments, and general inspectors are affected. It matters because it strengthens animal welfare standards and monitoring.
Key Changes
["Expands regulation-making powers to include animal health and safety.", "Introduces 'designated general inspectors' with powers to monitor compliance.", "Allows for prescribed acts of cruelty and limits to available defences.", "Prescribes codes of practice for use as a defence or guide for courts."]
Parliamentary Progress
- LC Second Reading MovedLC28 June 2018
- LC Second Reading AgreedLC12 Sept 2018
- LC AmendedLC6 Nov 2018
- LC Third ReadingLC7 Nov 2018
- LA IntroducedLA8 Nov 2018
- LA Second Reading MovedLA8 Nov 2018
- LA Third ReadingLA20 Nov 2018
- LA Consideration in DetailLA20 Nov 2018
- LA Second Reading AgreedLA20 Nov 2018
- Royal Assent28 Nov 2018
Affected Sectors
agricultureenvironmentpublic_sectorother
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