Animal Welfare Act 1999

Miscellaneous provisions - Regulations

183: Regulations

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"Rules made by the Governor-General to help keep animals safe"

The Governor-General can make regulations for the Animal Welfare Act. You need to know what these regulations are about. They can be about things like what information people must give when they use animals for research or teaching. They can also be about what fees people must pay when they break the rules.

The Governor-General can make rules about how people must treat animals. You can find more information about this in section 100 and section 2(1). The Governor-General can also decide what costs people must pay if they break the rules.

Regulations can also be about penalties for people who break the rules. These penalties can be fines, and they can be different for individuals and companies. You can learn more about the rules and regulations 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).