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
   2. legislative proposals concerning the welfare of animals:
3. to make recommendations to the Minister—
   1. under section 3(3) (which relates to manipulation); and
   2. relating to the making of regulations under section 183B (which relates to surgical and painful procedures):
4. 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:
5. 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:
6. to make recommendations to the Minister concerning the issue, amendment, suspension, revocation, and review of codes of welfare:
7. 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:
   2. the hunting or killing of animals in a wild state.