Animal Welfare Act 1999

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulations

183: Regulations

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The Governor-General can make regulations for the Animal Welfare Act. You need to know what these regulations are about. They cover things like forms and documents. The Governor-General can also make rules about codes of ethical conduct. You must follow these rules when working with animals. They cover things like collecting information on animal projects. The regulations also cover things like offences and penalties. You can be fined if you break the rules. The fines can be up to $5,000 for individuals or $25,000 for companies. The Governor-General can make other regulations too. These regulations help with the administration of the Act. You can find more information about secondary legislation in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Regulations

183Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing the forms of search warrants, infringement notices, and other documents required under this Act:
    1. prescribing standards and policies that must be included in every code of ethical conduct:
      1. requiring every code holder (as defined in subsection (2)) to collect, and maintain, and to provide to the Director-General or to an inspector, information in relation to—
        1. the numbers and types of projects undertaken by the code holder:
          1. the numbers and species of animals used:
            1. the severity of the manipulation of the animals:
              1. the killing of animals that were bred, but not used, for the purposes of research, testing, and teaching:
                1. such other matters in relation to the research, testing, or teaching carried out under the code of ethical conduct as are specified in the regulations:
                2. prescribing matters to which animal ethics committees must have regard in considering, under section 100, applications for approval of projects:
                  1. declaring any substance, mixture of substances, or thing to be, or not to be, a cosmetic for the purpose of the definition of cosmetic in section 2(1):
                    1. prescribing matters in respect of which costs are recoverable under this Act and the regulations made under this Act, the amounts of those costs or the method by which they are to be assessed, the persons liable for payment of the costs, and the circumstances in which the recovery of costs may be remitted or waived (in whole or in part):
                      1. prescribing, for the purposes of proceedings in relation to enforcement orders, the matters in respect of which fees are payable under this Act:
                        1. prescribing offences in respect of the contravention of or non-compliance with any regulations made under this Act:
                          1. prescribing the offences created by or under this Act that constitute infringement offences for the purposes of this Act, and prescribing infringement fees not exceeding $1,000 for each infringement offence, which may be different fees for different offences (including different fees for a first or second or third offence):
                            1. prescribing penalties for offences against regulations made under this Act, not exceeding,—
                              1. in the case of an individual, a fine not exceeding $5,000; or
                                1. in the case of a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $25,000:
                                2. providing for such other matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to this Act and for its due administration.
                                  1. In subsection (1)(c), the term code holder includes any person carrying out research, testing, or teaching in accordance with section 84 or section 85 or section 118(1) or section 192(4) or section 192(5).

                                  2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                                  Notes
                                  • Section 183(1)(c)(iiia): inserted, on , by section 66(1) of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).
                                  • Section 183(1)(da): inserted, on , by section 66(2) of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).
                                  • Section 183(1)(h): inserted, on , by section 66(3) of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).
                                  • Section 183(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).