Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes: Amendments to Animal Welfare Act 1999
195Amendments to sections 130 to 136
Section 130(1)(a) is amended by inserting (including, if necessary, destroying or arranging for the destruction of the animal) after
animal
.Section 130(1)(b) is amended by adding (including, if necessary, destroying or arranging for the destruction of the animal).
Section 131(1) is amended by omitting District Court Judge or Justice or Community Magistrate or any Registrar (not being a member of the police) who, on an application in writing made on oath and substituting issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) who, on an application made in the manner provided in subpart 3 of Part 4 of that Act.
Section 131 is amended by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:
The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply, subject to subsection (4) and sections 133(2) and (4), 136, and 136A.
Despite subsection (3), sections 118 and 119 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply only in respect of a warrant issued to a named constable or to every constable.
Sections 132, 133(1), (3), and (5), 134, and 135 are repealed.
Section 133(4) is amended by inserting (including, if necessary, destroying or arranging for the destruction of the animal) after
suffering of the animal
.Section 136 is amended by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 136A, subparts 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply in respect of—
- any thing seized by a constable (including any animal seized by a constable under the authority of a search warrant issued under section 131 and any animal of which a constable takes possession under section 137(1)); and
- with the necessary modifications, any thing seized by an inspector (including any animal seized by an inspector under the authority of a search warrant issued under section 131 and any animal of which an inspector takes possession under section 127(5)).
Section 136 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
Despite anything in subpart 6 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, a constable or an inspector who has custody of an animal may place that animal in the care of any other person.
Section 136(3) is amended by omitting section 199(3) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 and substituting section 154(2)(c) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.