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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Codes of welfare

70: Preparation of draft code

You could also call this:

"Creating a plan to help keep animals safe and healthy"

The Minister, the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, or you can prepare a draft code of welfare. If you prepare a draft code of welfare and you are not the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, you must send the draft code to the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. You do this so they can look at the draft code you have prepared.

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Part 5Codes of welfare

70Preparation of draft code

  1. The Minister, the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, or any other person may prepare a draft code of welfare.

  2. Where any person other than the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee prepares a draft code of welfare, that person must forward the draft code to the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.