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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Advisory committees - National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

56: National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

You could also call this:

"A team that helps with animal welfare issues"

The government sets up a group called the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. You can think of it as a team that helps with animal welfare. This team is established by the law to help with animal welfare issues.

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Part 4Advisory committees
National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

56National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

  1. This section establishes a committee to be called the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.