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PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (PROHIBITED SURGICAL AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002

[BIL106-B.HAL]

House of AssemblyNo. 93

[As laid on the table and read a first time, 20 November 2002]

South Australia

[Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel on the instructions of D. McFetridge, M.P.]

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (PROHIBITED SURGICAL AND MEDICAL PROCEDURES) AMENDMENT BILL 2002

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1985.

[OPC-HA]


SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS

1.Short title

2.Commencement

3.Substitution of s. 15

15.Prohibited surgical and medical procedures


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:


Short title

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Prohibited Surgical and Medical Procedures) Amendment Act 2002.

(2) The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1985 is referred to in this Act as "the principal Act".

Commencement

2. This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Substitution of s. 15

3. Section 15 of the principal Act is amended and the following section is substituted:

Prohibited surgical and medical procedures

15. (1) A person must not—

(a)dock the tail of a dog; or

(b)dock the tail of an animal of the genus Bos or Bubalus; or

(c)dock or nick a horse's tail; or

(d)crop an animal's ear; or

(e)surgically reduce the ability of an animal to produce a vocal sound; or

(f)carry out any other surgical or medical procedure on an animal in contravention of the regulations.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 1 year.

(2) However, a veterinary surgeon may carry out the following surgical procedures in the following circumstances:

(a)a veterinary surgeon may dock a dog's tail if satisfied the procedure is required for therapeutic purposes;

(b)a veterinary surgeon may dock the tail of an animal of the genus Bos or Bubalus, or dock or nick a horse's tail, if the surgeon certifies in writing that the procedure is necessary for the control of disease;

(c)a veterinary surgeon may crop an animal's ear if satisfied the procedure is required for therapeutic purposes;


(d)a veterinary surgeon may surgically reduce the ability of an animal to produce a vocal sound if satisfied that—

(i)the procedure is required for therapeutic purposes; or

(ii)there is no other reasonably practicable means of preventing the animal from causing a nuisance by creating noise.

By Authority: J. D. Ferguson, Government Printer, South Australia

 


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