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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Miscellaneous provisions - Validation and extension of regulations relating to management of pigs

205: Amendments taking effect on 19 December 2026

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You will see some changes to the Animal Welfare Act 1999 on 19 December 2026. On that day, some words in the act will be replaced. In sections like 71(5), 73(7), and 75(4A) and (4B), "any of regulations 25 to 27" will become "either or both of regulations 25 and 26". In sections like 183A(11A) and 204(2), "regulations 26 and 27" will become "regulation 26". These changes are part of the updates to the act.

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Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Validation and extension of regulations relating to management of pigs

205Amendments taking effect on 19 December 2026

  1. On 19 December 2026,—

  2. in sections 71(5), 73(7), and 75(4A) and (4B), replace any of regulations 25 to 27 with either or both of regulations 25 and 26:
    1. in sections 183A(11A) and 204(2), replace regulations 26 and 27 with regulation 26.

      Notes
      • Section 205: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Animal Welfare (Regulations for Management of Pigs) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 79).