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Animal Welfare Act 1999

8: Act to bind the Crown

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"The law applies to the government, but not for some animals it owns or manages."

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This Act applies to the Crown. You need to know the Crown is bound by this Act. The Crown is not liable for some animals it owns or manages, as stated in the Wild Animal Control Act 1977 and the Wildlife Act 1953. The Crown is not responsible under this Act for animals it owns or manages under other laws. This means the Crown does not have to follow this Act for those animals. You should look at the specific laws to understand which animals are included.

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8Act to bind the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.

  2. Despite subsection (1), where the Crown—

  3. is the owner of any animal or wildlife by virtue of—
    1. section 9(1) of the Wild Animal Control Act 1977; or
      1. section 57(3) of the Wildlife Act 1953; or
      2. is, by virtue of any other Act, the owner of any other animal (being an animal in a wild state); or
        1. has, under any other Act, the responsibility of administering and managing an animal (being an animal in a wild state),—
            1. the ownership of the animal or wildlife, or the responsibility of administering and managing the animal, does not of itself make the Crown subject to any obligation or liability under this Act in respect of the animal or wildlife.