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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Care of animals - Surgical procedures

17: Performance of restricted surgical procedures

You could also call this:

"Rules for doing certain surgeries on animals"

A law called the Animal Welfare Act 1999 has a part about doing surgical procedures on animals. You need to know that a part of this law, called section 17, was repealed. This means it is no longer a law, and it was repealed on 9 May 2021 by section 15 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015.

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Part 1Care of animals
Surgical procedures

17Performance of restricted surgical procedures (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 17: repealed, on , by section 15 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).