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TASMANIA
ANIMAL WELFARE (BAN BATTERY HENS) AMENDMENT BILL 2008
CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5. Section 12A inserted
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ANIMAL WELFARE (BAN BATTERY HENS)
AMENDMENT BILL 2008
(Brought in by Nicholas James McKim)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Animal Welfare Act 1993 to prohibit the
keeping of domestic fowl in battery cages for the purposes of
producing eggs and meat carcasses for commercial sale.
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Animal Welfare (Ban Battery
Hens) Amendment Act 2008.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
Principal Act
3. In this Act, the Animal Welfare Act 1993 is referred to as the
Principal Act.
Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting as
follows:
(a) by inserting the following definition after the definition of
"animal welfare standards";
"battery fowl cages" means fowls in cage systems that are
continuously housed in cages within a shed, as
No. 63 of 1993.
defined by the Model Code of Practice for the
Welfare of Animals, Domestic Poultry;
(b) by inserting the following definitions after the definition of
"conveyance";
"fowl" means a domesticated fowl of the species Gallus
gallus;
"hen" means a female fowl that is more than 18 weeks
old;
Section 12A inserted
5. After section 12 of the Principal Act, the following section is
inserted in Part 2:
Keeping of hens
12A A person must not -
(a) keep a hen for the production of eggs to be sold for
reward in a battery fowl cage; or
(b) keep any fowl for the production of meat to be sold for
reward in a battery fowl cage.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 500 penalty units or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.