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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Conduct towards animals

27: Purpose

You could also call this:

"What you can and can't do to animals to treat them fairly and with respect."

The purpose of this part of the law is to tell you what you can and can't do to animals. This part of the law prohibits certain types of conduct towards animals. It also controls the use and sale of traps and devices that can kill, manage, entrap, capture, entangle, restrain, or immobilise an animal.

This law applies to animals used for certain purposes. It helps decide what is allowed and what is not allowed when it comes to treating animals. The law wants to make sure animals are treated fairly and with respect.

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Part 2Conduct towards animals

27Purpose

  1. The purpose of this Part is to state conduct that is or is not permissible in relation to a species of animal or animals used for certain purposes—

  2. by prohibiting certain types of conduct; and
    1. by controlling the use and sale of traps and devices used to kill, manage, entrap, capture, entangle, restrain, or immobilise an animal.