Victorian Numbered Regulations

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATIONS 2008 (SR NO 162 OF 2008) - REG 49

    (1)     A person must not set or use a kill trap unless—

        (a)     the person sets or uses the trap for the purposes of trapping animals that are established pest animals or any other species approved by the Minister; and

        (b)     the trap complies with regulation 50; and

        (c)     the person sets or uses the trap in accordance with regulations 51 and 52.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) does not apply—

        (a)     where the use of the trap is approved by an Animal Ethics Committee for research approved under a licence in accordance with Part 3 of the Act; or

        (b)     if it is a rodent kill trap used in accordance with Division 7.