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PRIMARY INDUSTRIES ACTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005 (NO 50 OF 2005) - SECT 1

Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986

              (i)     to provide for the registration and enforcement of interstate court orders relating to the custody of animals; and

              (ii)     to strengthen the enforcement provisions of that Act with respect to the seizure of animals and other things; and

        (b)     to amend the Domestic (Feral and Nuisance) Animals Act 1994

              (i)     to require the permanent identification of menacing dogs; and

              (ii)     to provide for the seizure of cats not wearing identification; and

              (iii)     to provide for the power to destroy seized dogs whose owners cannot be located; and

        (c)     to amend the Fisheries Act 1995

              (i)     to enable size limits for a species of fish to be fixed by a fisheries notice; and

              (ii)     to strengthen the enforcement powers in that Act in relation to the production of documents and records.



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