Animal Welfare Amendment Regulations 2001

Animal Welfare Amendment Regulations 2001

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Animal Welfare Act 1993 .

10 December 2001

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Animal Welfare Amendment Regulations 2001 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Animal Welfare Regulations 1993 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of Act :

baffle means a metal shield attached to, and protruding into, the inside lower front of a cage;

commission includes to sign any contract to purchase or lease;

(b) by omitting "Gallus gallus." from the definition of domestic fowl and substituting "Gallus gallus;";

(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of domestic fowl :

NRA means the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals established by the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

5.    Regulation 6 amended (Domestic fowls in cages)

Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subregulation (1)(c) "450 cm² for each fowl" and substituting "550 cm² for each fowl, including the floor area under the baffle";

(b) by inserting the following subregulation after subregulation (1) :

(1A)  Subregulation (1)(c) does not apply to a cage commissioned before 1 January 2001 if the floor area of the cage is less than 550 cm² for each domestic fowl, including the floor area under the baffle.

6.    Schedule 1 substituted

Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 1 - Control of prescribed animals with prescribed substances

Regulation 4

Animal	Substance
1. Bennetts wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
2. Brush possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
3. Cat (Felis catus)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
	(b) Cyanide
	(c) Alphachloralose
4. Dog (Canis familiaris)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
	(b) Strychnine
	(c) Cyanide
5. Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
	(b) Strychnine
	(c) Cyanide
6. Goat (Capra hircus)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
7. Hare (Lepus capensis)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
8. House mouse (Mus musculus)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
	(b) Metallic phosphides
	(c) Methyl bromide
	(d) Any rodenticide approved by the NRA and specified in Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 to the Poisons List Order 2001
	(e) Cholecalciferol
9. Pademelon (Thylogale billardieri)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
10. Pig (Sus scrofa)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
11. Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
	(b) Pindone
	(c) Alphachloralose
	(d) Metallic phosphides
12. Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
	(a) Metallic phosphides
	(b) Methyl bromide
	(c) Any rodenticide approved by the NRA and specified in Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 to the Poisons List Order 2001
	(d) Cholecalciferol
	(e) Sodium monofluoroacetate
13. Ship rat (Rattus rattus)
	(a) Sodium monofluoroacetate
	(b) Metallic phosphides
	(c) Methyl bromide
	(d) Any rodenticide approved by the NRA and specified in Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 to the Poisons List Order 2001
	(e) Cholecalciferol
14. Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
	(a) Alphachloralose
	(b) Fenthion
	(c) 4-aminopyridine
15. Any other bird not referred to in item 14
	(a) Alphachloralose
	(b) 4-aminopyridine
16. All mammals
	(a) Alphachloralose
17. All fish
	(a) Rotenone

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 19 December 2001

These regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Animal Welfare Regulations 1993 by –

(a) increasing the floor area of cages for domestic fowls in certain circumstances; and

(b) updating references to prescribed animals and prescribed substances used for the control of those animals in Schedule 1 to those regulations.