Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2016

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Animal Care and Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2016 .

2Commencement

Part 3 commences on 20 April 2017.

3Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2012 .

4Amendment of s 5 (Requirement to keep particular records for sows)

Section 5—
insert—

(1A)A requirement, under subsection (1)(a) or (b), to keep a written record stating the date and time on each occasion a sow is placed in, or removed from, a stall does not apply to a person in charge of the sow until 20 April 2017.

5Amendment of sch 2, s 13A (Restrictions on housing pigs in stall)

Schedule 2, section 13A(1), after ‘stall’—
insert—

on and from 20 April 2017

6Amendment of sch 2, s 13B (Restriction on housing pigs in farrowing crate)

Schedule 2, section 13B, after ‘a farrowing crate’—
insert—

on and from 20 April 2017

7Amendment of s 5 (Requirement to keep particular records for sows)

Section 5(1A)—
omit.

8Amendment of sch 2, ss 13A and 13B

Schedule 2, sections 13A(1) and 13B, ‘on and from 20 April 2017’—
omit.