Animal Welfare Amendment Regulations 2003

Animal Welfare Amendment Regulations 2003

I, the Lieutenant-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 .

1 December 2003

w. j. e. cox

Lieutenant-Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

Bryan Green

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Animal Welfare Amendment Regulations 2003 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the seventh day after 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 definition after the definition of domestic fowl :

not-for-profit institution means a not-for-profit or charitable body determined by the Minister to be an institution in accordance with paragraph (d) of the definition of "institution" in section 3 of the Act;

(b) by omitting "Commonwealth." from the definition of NRA and substituting "Commonwealth;";

(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of NRA :

year means a period of 12 months starting on 1 April in one year and ending on 31 March in the next year.

5.    Schedule 2 substituted

Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 2 - Fees

Regulation 7

Applicants for licence to carry out animal research	Fee payable (on application) for each year of licence
1.	Institutions based in Tasmania employing not more than 3 persons and having not more than 4 animal research project proposals each year	180 fee units
2.	Institutions based in Tasmania employing 4 or more persons	360 fee units
3.	Institutions based in Tasmania with 5 or more animal research project proposals each year	360 fee units
4.	Institutions based outside Tasmania with own Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee	90 fee units
5.	Institutions based outside Tasmania without own Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee and having not more than 4 animal research project proposals each year	180 fee units
6.	Institutions based outside Tasmania without own Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee and having 5 or more animal research project proposals each year	180 fee units
7.	Not-for-profit institutions	no licence fee payable

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

Notified in the Gazette on 10 December 2003

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 revising the schedule of fees payable for an application for a licence to carry out animal research.