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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Advisory committees - National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

57: Functions

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"The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee's job is to help improve animal welfare in New Zealand."

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The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee helps the Minister with animal welfare in New Zealand. You can think of their job as giving advice on how to improve animal welfare. They also make recommendations about things like rules for animal welfare and codes of welfare. The Committee advises the Minister on things like areas that need research and proposals for new laws about animal welfare. They make recommendations about things like manipulation and surgical procedures on animals, which are referred to in section 3(3) and section 183B. They also help with making rules about traps and devices that can hurt animals. The Committee has other jobs, like helping to develop guidelines for using traps and devices, and for hunting or killing animals in the wild. They also assist with promoting these guidelines and making recommendations about codes of welfare, which can be found in section 32. You can see how they work with codes of welfare and other rules to help animals in New Zealand.

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Part 4Advisory committees
National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

57Functions

  1. The functions of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee are—

  2. to advise the Minister on any matter relating to the welfare of animals in New Zealand, including (without limitation)—
    1. areas where research into the welfare of animals is required; and
      1. legislative proposals concerning the welfare of animals:
      2. to make recommendations to the Minister—
        1. under section 3(3) (which relates to manipulation); and
          1. relating to the making of regulations under section 183B (which relates to surgical and painful procedures):
          2. to discharge its functions under section 32 in relation to the making of Orders in Council declaring traps or devices to be prohibited or restricted traps or devices:
            1. to discharge its functions under section 32 in relation to the conditions that should be attached to the sale or use of any restricted trap or restricted device:
              1. to make recommendations to the Minister concerning the issue, amendment, suspension, revocation, and review of codes of welfare:
                1. to develop and promote, and to assist other persons to promote, the development of guidelines in relation to—
                  1. the use of traps or devices or both:
                    1. the hunting or killing of animals in a wild state.

                    Notes
                    • Section 57(b): replaced, on , by section 29(1) of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).
                    • Section 57(f): amended, on , by section 29(2) of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).