Victorian Numbered Acts

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

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.