Animal Welfare Act 1999

Provisions relating to administration - Enforcement orders

144: Power to make enforcement order

You could also call this:

"The court can order you to follow animal welfare rules if you break them."

The District Court can make an enforcement order against you if you have broken the rules of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 or any regulations made under this Act. This can also happen if you have not followed a code of ethical conduct or conditions set by an animal ethics committee for a project. The District Court must be satisfied that you have acted in contravention of these rules or are likely to do so, and the application for the order must be made under section 143.

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143: Application for enforcement order, or

"Asking a court to make someone follow animal welfare rules"

145: Compliance with enforcement order, or

"Following an animal welfare enforcement order means doing what it says and paying the costs to keep animals safe"

Part 7Provisions relating to administration
Enforcement orders

144Power to make enforcement order

The District Court may make an enforcement order on an application under section 143 only if the District Court is satisfied that the person in respect of whom the order is sought has been acting in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made under this Act or of any code of ethical conduct or of any conditions imposed by an animal ethics committee in giving its approval of a project or is likely to do so.

Notes

Section 144: amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).