Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 24

    (1)     The authority must, on or before the date of effect of an approval under section 22 or section 23, give public notice of the approval—

        (a)     stating the date on which the approval takes effect; and

        (b)     giving details of where a copy of the approved code of practice may be purchased; and

        (c)     giving details of where a copy of the approved code of practice may be inspected during office hours; and

        (d)     containing a statement that the approval is subject to disallowance by the Legislative Assembly under the Legislation Act

.

Note     Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1).

    (2)     The authority must ensure that—

        (a)     a copy of the code of practice to which an approval under section 22 or section 23 relates is made available for public inspection at the office of the authority during office hours; and

        (b)     copies of that code of practice are made available for purchase at each place stated for that purpose in the relevant notice under subsection (1).

    (3)     In this section:

"code of practice" includes any document (or part of a document) the provisions of which are applied by the code.