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PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AMENDMENT (TAIL DOCKING) BILL 2004





                              New South Wales




Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Amendment (Tail Docking) Bill 2004


Contents

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                 1   Name of Act                                                2
                 2   Commencement                                               2
                 3   Amendment of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
                     No 200                                                     2
     Schedule 1      Amendments                                                 3




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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Tail Docking) Bill 2004

Contents

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                             New South Wales




Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Amendment (Tail Docking) Bill 2004

No       , 2004


A Bill for

An Act to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 with respect to
the tail docking of dogs.




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Clause 1        Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Tail Docking) Bill 2004




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The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
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 1    Name of Act
                                                                                      3
             This Act is the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Tail
                                                                                      4
             Docking) Act 2004.
                                                                                      5
 2    Commencement
                                                                                      6
             This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.
                                                                                      7
 3    Amendment of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 No 200
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             The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 is amended as set out
                                                                                      9
             in Schedule 1.




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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Tail Docking) Bill 2004

Amendments                                                             Schedule 1




Schedule 1 Amendments                                                                    1
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                                                                          (Section 3)
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[1]   Section 12 Certain operations not to be performed on animals
                                                                                         4
      Omit section 12 (2) (a1).
                                                                                         5
[2]   Section 12 (2) (b) (i)
                                                                                         6
      Omit ", female calf or dog". Insert instead "or female calf".
                                                                                         7
[3]   Section 12 (2A)
                                                                                         8
      Insert after section 12 (2):
                                                                                         9
           (2A)     A person is not guilty of an offence against this section if the
                                                                                        10
                    court is satisfied that the procedure comprising the alleged
                                                                                        11
                    offence was the docking of the tail of a dog, was performed
                                                                                        12
                    by a veterinary surgeon and was in the interests of the dog's
                                                                                        13
                    welfare.
                                                                                        14
[4]   Section 24 Certain defences
                                                                                        15
      Insert after section 24 (2):
                                                                                        16
             (3)    Subsection (1) (d) does not apply to a person accused of an
                                                                                        17
                    offence against section 12 (1) if the alleged offence was the
                                                                                        18
                    docking of the tail of a dog.
                                                                                        19
[5]   Schedule 2 Savings and transitional provisions
                                                                                        20
      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
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                    Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Tail Docking)
                                                                                        22
                    Act 2004




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