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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 2
3. Commencement 2
4. Principal Regulations 2
5. Definitions 2
6. Consequential amendment 2
7. New Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part 3 substituted 3
Division 2—Scientific Premises 3
13. Application for the issue or renewal of a scientific
procedures premises licence 3
14. Conditions on scientific procedures premises licences 4
15. Approvals by Animal Ethics Committees 7
16. Minimum standards for scientific premises 8
Division 3—Scientific Procedures Field Work Licence 8
17. Application for the issue or renewal of a scientific
procedures field work licence 8
18. Conditions on scientific procedures field work licences 10
19. Approvals by Animal Ethics Committees 12
Division 4—Specified Animals Breeding Licence 13
20. Application for the issue or renewal of a specified
animals breeding licence 13
21. Conditions on specified animals breeding licences 14
22. Approvals by Animal Ethics Committees 17
23. Minimum standards for premises specified in a specified
animals breeding licence 17
Division 5—Records, returns and other requirements 18
24. Completion of annual returns 18
25. Return of records 20
26. Variation to a licence or licence condition 20
27. Notification of change of nominated person 21
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8. New Part 4 substituted 22
PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS 22
28. Identification certificates 22
29. Orders for the destruction or treatment of animals 22
30. Fees 23
31. Service of infringement notice 24
32. Infringement penalties 24
33. Transitional provision 24
9. Substitution of Schedules 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 25
SCHEDULE 6—Codes for Annual Returns 25
SCHEDULE 7—Certificate of Identification as an Inspector 31
SCHEDULE 8—Certificate of Identification as a Specialist
Inspector 32
SCHEDULE 9—Certificate of Identification as an Authorised
Officer 33
SCHEDULE 10 34
10. Revocation of Schedules 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 34
11. Amendment to Schedule 16 34
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STATUTORY RULES 2004
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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Further
Amendment) Regulations 2004
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 22 June 2004
Responsible Minister:
BOB CAMERON
Minister for Agriculture
DIANE CASEY
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to amend the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations
1997 to prescribe—
(a) conditions for licences and standards for
scientific procedures and the breeding of
specified animals carried out for the
purposes of scientific procedures;
(b) offences for which penalty infringement
notices may be issued and the penalties for
those offences;
(c) the form of identification certificates for
inspectors, specialist inspectors and
authorised officers.
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2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 42 of
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986.
3. Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 24 June
2004.
4. Principal Regulations
In these Regulations, the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Regulations 19971 are called the
Principal Regulations.
5. Definitions
In regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations insert
the following definitions—
' "Australian code of practice" means the
Australian code of practice for the care and
use of animals for scientific purposes,
6th edition 1997 published by the Australian
Government Publishing Service, Canberra
September 1997;
"Pound Animals code of practice" means the
Code of Practice for the use of animals from
municipal pounds in scientific procedures
approved by the Governor in Council on
19 April 1988 and published in the Victorian
Government Gazette G47 on 7 December
1988 at pages 3659–60;'.
6. Consequential amendment
In regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations, for
"section 25" substitute "section 3(1)".
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7. New Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part 3 substituted
For Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 3 of the Principal
Regulations substitute—
'Division 2—Scientific Premises
13. Application for the issue or renewal of a
scientific procedures premises licence
For the purposes of sections 30(2) and 32J(2)
of the Act, the prescribed particulars for an
application for the issue or renewal of a
scientific procedures premises licence are—
(a) the name of the applicant; and
(b) the name, title, address, phone, fax and
email contact details of the person
nominated under section 26(2) of the
Act; and
(c) the names, qualifications and
experience of the members of each
Animal Ethics Committee responsible
for approving scientific procedures
under the licence; and
(d) the name and location of the scientific
premises at which it is intended to carry
out scientific procedures; and
(e) a declaration from the applicant that—
(i) there is a person nominated under
section 26(2) of the Act; and
(ii) one or more Animal Ethics
Committees have been established
by the applicant in accordance
with the Australian code of
practice; and
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(iii) the names of the members of each
Animal Ethics Committee and
their qualifications and experience
are included with the application;
and
(iv) all scientific procedures will be
carried out in accordance with the
Act, these Regulations, the
Australian code of practice and
the Pound Animals code of
practice; and
(f) a declaration from the person
nominated under section 26(2) of the
Act that they consent to that nomination
and that they agree to comply with all
the relevant requirements of the Act,
these Regulations, the licence, the
Australian code of practice and the
Pound Animals code of practice.
14. Conditions on scientific procedures
premises licences
For the purposes of section 30 of the Act, the
following conditions are prescribed for a
scientific procedures premises licence—
(a) all scientific procedures must be carried
out in accordance with the Act, these
Regulations, the Australian code of
practice and the Pound Animals code of
practice;
(b) the licence holder must establish and
maintain one or more Animal Ethics
Committees in accordance with the
Australian code of practice for the
period of the licence;
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(c) the licence holder must notify the
Department Head of any change in
membership of an Animal Ethics
Committee within 14 days of the
change taking effect;
(d) no scientific procedure or program of
scientific procedures may commence
unless and until an Animal Ethics
Committee has approved the—
(i) scientific procedures; and
(ii) premises at which the scientific
procedures are to be carried out;
and
(iii) person or persons who will carry
out the scientific procedures;
(e) any person carrying out a scientific
procedure under the scientific
procedures premises licence must
conduct the scientific procedure or
program of scientific procedures, in
accordance with the approval given by
an Animal Ethics Committee;
(f) the licence holder must keep a record,
on a monthly basis, of—
(i) any program of scientific
procedures approved by an
Animal Ethics Committee; and
(ii) the number and species of
specified animals at the scientific
premises on the first working day
of each month; and
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(iii) the source of the specified animals
(which, in the case of animals
bred outside Australia, must
include the name and address of
the supplier); and
(iv) the number and species of
specified animals destroyed
without being used in scientific
procedures and the date of their
destruction; and
(v) the number and species of live
specified animals removed from
the licensed scientific premises,
the date of their removal and
destination;
(g) all scientific procedures must be carried
out at the licensed scientific premises or
at any other place or premises approved
by an Animal Ethics Committee;
(h) animal housing, facilities and
equipment at the scientific premises
must comply with the minimum
standards specified in the Australian
code of practice and regulation 16;
(i) specified animals used in scientific
procedures, must be bred at—
(i) scientific premises for which a
scientific procedures premises
licence has been issued; or
(ii) premises for which a specified
animals breeding licence has been
issued under the Act; or
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(iii) premises within Australia but
outside Victoria which comply
with all relevant requirements of
the State or Territory in which the
premises are located for the
breeding of specified animals; or
(iv) premises outside Australia;
(j) the licence holder must notify the
Department Head, in accordance with
regulation 27, of any change to the
person nominated under section 26(2)
of the Act.
15. Approvals by Animal Ethics Committees
(1) An Animal Ethics Committee established in
accordance with the Australian code of
practice may approve—
(a) a scientific procedure or any program
of scientific procedures that is to be
carried out at the licensed scientific
premises;
(b) a scientific procedure or any program
of scientific procedures that is to be
carried out at a place or premises other
than the scientific premises;
(c) any other place or premises in or at
which scientific procedures approved
by the Animal Ethics Committee may
be carried out;
(d) the person or persons who will carry
out the scientific procedures.
(2) As soon as is practicable after approving any
scientific procedure or program of scientific
procedures to be carried out at a place or
premises other than the licensed scientific
premises, the Animal Ethics Committee
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responsible for approving the scientific
procedure or program of scientific
procedures must notify the Department Head
in writing of the—
(a) place or premises at which the scientific
procedures are to be carried out;
(b) nature of whole or part of the scientific
procedures to be carried out at the other
place or premises;
(c) number and species of animals
proposed to be used in the scientific
procedure or program of scientific
procedures.
16. Minimum standards for scientific
premises
The minimum standards with which the
facilities and equipment at the licensed
scientific premises must comply are—
(a) the facilities used for housing or
handling animals must be clean and
kept in good order and repair; and
(b) the equipment used for animals
undergoing scientific procedures must
be clean and kept in good order and
repair.
Division 3—Scientific Procedures Field Work
Licence
17. Application for the issue or renewal of a
scientific procedures field work licence
For the purposes of sections 32B and 32J(2)
of the Act, the prescribed particulars for an
application for the issue or renewal of a
scientific procedures field work licence
are—
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(a) the name of the applicant and the
applicant's address, phone, fax and
email contact details;
(b) the name, address, phone, fax and email
contact details of the person nominated
by the applicant to be responsible for
any procedures carried out under the
licence;
(c) the names, qualifications and
experience of the members of each
Animal Ethics Committee responsible
for approving scientific procedures
under the licence;
(d) a declaration from the applicant that—
(i) one or more Animal Ethics
Committees have been established
by the applicant in accordance
with the Australian code of
practice; and
(ii) the names of the members of each
Animal Ethics Committee and
their qualifications and experience
are included with the application;
and
(iii) all scientific procedures will be
carried out in accordance with the
Act, these Regulations, the
Australian code of practice and
the Pound Animals code of
practice;
(e) a declaration from the person
nominated by the applicant to be
responsible for procedures carried out
under the licence that they consent to
being named in the licence and that
they agree to comply with all the
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relevant requirements of the Act, these
Regulations, the licence, the Australian
code of practice and the Pound Animals
code of practice.
18. Conditions on scientific procedures field
work licences
For the purposes of section 32D(1) of the
Act, the following conditions are prescribed
for a scientific procedures field work
licence—
(a) all scientific procedures must be carried
out in accordance with the Act, these
Regulations, the Australian code of
practice and the Pound Animals code of
practice;
(b) the licence holder must establish and
maintain an Animal Ethics Committee
in accordance with the Australian code
of practice for the period of the licence;
(c) the licence holder must notify the
Department Head of any change in
membership of an Animal Ethics
Committee within 14 days of such
change taking effect;
(d) no scientific procedure or program of
scientific procedures may commence
unless and until the Animal Ethics
Committee has approved the—
(i) scientific procedures; and
(ii) place or premises at which the
scientific procedures are to be
carried out; and
(iii) person or persons who will carry
out the scientific procedures;
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(e) any person carrying out a scientific
procedure under the scientific
procedures field work licence must
conduct the scientific procedure or
program of scientific procedures in
accordance with the approval given by
an Animal Ethics Committee;
(f) the licence holder must keep a record,
on a monthly basis, of—
(i) any program of scientific
procedures or any series of related
scientific procedures approved by
an Animal Ethics Committee; and
(ii) the number and species of animals
at any place or premises at which
scientific procedures are carried
out under the licence on the first
working day of each month; and
(iii) the source of the animals involved
in scientific procedures (which, in
the case of animals bred outside
Australia, must include the name
and address of the supplier);
(g) animal housing, facilities and
equipment at any premises at which
scientific procedures are carried out
under the licence must comply with the
minimum standards specified in the
Australian code of practice and in
regulation 16;
(h) specified animals used in scientific
procedures must be bred at—
(i) scientific premises for which a
scientific procedures premises
licence has been issued; or
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(ii) premises for which a specified
animals breeding licence has been
issued under the Act; or
(iii) premises within Australia but
outside Victoria which comply
with all relevant requirements of
the State or Territory in which the
premises are located for the
breeding of specified animals; or
(iv) premises outside Australia;
(i) the licence holder must notify the
Department Head, in accordance with
regulation 27, of any change to the
person nominated by the licence holder
to be responsible for any procedures
carried out under the licence.
19. Approvals by Animal Ethics Committees
(1) An Animal Ethics Committee established in
accordance with the Australian code of
practice may approve—
(a) a scientific procedure or any program
of scientific procedures which is to be
carried out;
(b) any place or premises as a place or
premises in or at which a scientific
procedure or program of scientific
procedures approved by the Animal
Ethics Committee may be carried out;
(c) the person or persons who will carry
out the scientific procedures.
(2) As soon as practicable after approving any
scientific procedure or program of scientific
procedures, the Animal Ethics Committee
responsible for approving the scientific
procedure or program of scientific
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procedures must notify the Department Head
in writing of the—
(a) place or premises at which the scientific
procedure or scientific procedures will
be carried out; and
(b) nature of whole or part of the scientific
procedures; and
(c) number and species of animals
proposed to be used in the scientific
procedure or scientific procedures.
Division 4—Specified Animals Breeding
Licence
20. Application for the issue or renewal of a
specified animals breeding licence
For the purposes of sections 32F(2) and
32J(2) of the Act, the prescribed particulars
for an application for the issue or renewal of
a specified animals breeding licence are—
(a) the name of the applicant and the
applicant's address, phone, fax and
email contact details;
(b) the name, address, phone, fax and email
contact details of the person nominated
by the applicant to be responsible for
the breeding of specified animals under
the licence;
(c) a list of the premises at which the
breeding of specified animals will be
carried out;
(d) the names, qualifications and
experience of the members of each
Animal Ethics Committee who are
responsible for activities carried out
under the licence;
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(e) a declaration from the applicant that—
(i) one or more Animal Ethics
Committees have been established
by the applicant in accordance
with the Australian code of
practice; and
(ii) the names of the members of each
Animal Ethics Committee and
their qualifications and experience
are included with the application;
and
(iii) the breeding of specified animals
will be carried out only in the
premises listed by the applicant in
the application and only in
accordance with the Act, these
Regulations, the licence and the
Australian code of practice;
(f) a declaration from the person
nominated by the applicant to be
responsible for breeding carried out
under the licence that they consent to
being named in the licence and that
they agree to comply with all the
relevant requirements of the Act, these
Regulations and the Australian code of
practice.
21. Conditions on specified animals breeding
licences
The following conditions apply to a specified
animals breeding licence—
(a) the breeding of specified animals must
be carried out in accordance with the
Act, these Regulations and the
Australian code of practice;
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(b) a practice or procedure involving the—
(i) surgical, medical or physical
treatment of specified animals; or
(ii) extraction or derivation of any
tissue, material or substance from
the bodies of specified animals—
may only be conducted if the practice
or procedure is necessary for the
breeding, care or delivery of specified
animals under the licence and is carried
out in accordance with the Act and the
Australian code of practice;
(c) only specified animals that have not
been bred in their native habitat may be
used for breeding under a specified
animals breeding licence;
(d) breeding of specified animals by the
licence holder may only take place at
those premises described in the
specified animals breeding licence
issued to the licence holder;
(e) the licence holder must establish and
maintain an Animal Ethics Committee
in accordance with the Australian code
of practice for the period of the licence;
(f) the licence holder must notify the
Department Head of any change in
membership of the Animal Ethics
Committee within 14 days of the
change taking effect;
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(g) practices or procedures to be conducted
on specified animals which involve
the—
(i) surgical, medical or physical
treatment of specified animals; or
(ii) the extraction or derivation of any
tissue, material or substance from
the body of a specified animal—
must be approved and monitored by the
Animal Ethics Committee;
(h) animal housing, facilities and
equipment at the premises must comply
with the minimum standards specified
in the Australian code of practice and
regulation 23;
(i) the licence holder must keep a record
on a monthly basis, of—
(i) the number and species of
specified animals at the premises
on the first working day of each
month; and
(ii) the number and species of
specified animals sold or delivered
to each scientific premises; and
(iii) the number and species of
specified animals destroyed and
the date of their destruction;
(j) the licence holder must notify the
Department Head in accordance with
regulation 27 of any change to the
person nominated by the licence holder
to be responsible for any breeding of
specified animals carried out under the
licence.
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22. Approvals by Animal Ethics Committees
An Animal Ethics Committee established in
accordance with the Australian code of
practice may approve—
(a) a practice or procedure to be conducted
on specified animals involving—
(i) surgical, medical or physical
treatment; or
(ii) the extraction or derivation of any
tissue, material or substance from
the body of an animal—
which is necessary to be carried out for
the breeding, sale and delivery of
specified animals;
(b) the premises specified in the specified
animals breeding licence as premises in
or at which a practice or procedure
approved by the Animal Ethics
Committee may be carried out;
(c) the person or persons who will carry
out the scientific procedures.
23. Minimum standards for premises
specified in a specified animals breeding
licence
The minimum standards with which the
facilities and equipment at the premises
specified in a specified animals breeding
licence must comply are—
(a) the facilities used for housing or
handling animals must be clean and
kept in good order and repair; and
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(b) the equipment used for animals
undergoing scientific procedures must
be clean and kept in good order and
repair.
Division 5—Records, returns and other
requirements
24. Completion of annual returns
(1) The holder of a scientific procedures
premises licence, scientific procedures field
work licence or a specified animals breeding
licence must, on or before 1 March in each
year, forward to the Department Head a
return—
(a) detailing the animals used in scientific
procedures carried out under that
licence or specified animals bred under
that licence during the 12 months
ending on 31 December in the previous
year; or
(b) if no animals were used in scientific
procedures under the licence, a
statement to that effect.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) A return under sub-regulation (1)(a) must
specify the following matters—
(a) the name of the licence holder;
(b) the project number given to the project
by the relevant Animal Ethics
Committee;
(c) the date the project was approved by
the relevant Animals Ethics Committee;
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(d) the type of animal;
(e) the source of the animals;
(f) the procedure or breeding option;
(g) the overall purpose;
(h) the impact of the project on animals;
(i) particular procedures;
(j) the benefit focus of the project;
(k) the number of animals that died or were
humanely killed during the project or
breeding program;
(l) the number of animals used.
(3) A return under sub-regulation (1)(a) may
provide details of the matters in sub-
regulation (2)(d) to (k) by reference to the
appropriate code for that matter that is set
out in Schedule 6.
(4) The holder of a scientific procedures
premises licence, scientific procedures field
work licence or a specified animals breeding
licence must not forward a return to the
Department Head under sub-regulation (1)
that the licence holder knows to contain false
or misleading information.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(5) The holder of a scientific procedures
premises licence, scientific procedures field
work licence or a specified animals breeding
licence must forward to the Department
Head with the return or returns under sub-
regulation (1)—
(a) a declaration verifying the facts
contained in the return or returns; and
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(b) a statement of the total number of
projects approved by an Animal Ethics
Committee under that licence.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(6) In this regulation, "animal" means an
animal—
(a) in the case of a mammal, bird or reptile,
at or above the normal mid-point of the
gestational cycle for the particular class
of animal; or
(b) in any other case, capable of
independent feeding.
25. Return of records
The holder of a scientific procedures
premises licence, scientific procedures field
work licence or specified animals breeding
licence must keep all records required to be
kept under the licence for 4 years and must
send them to the Department Head if the
licence holder ceases to hold that licence.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
26. Variation to a licence or licence condition
For the purposes of section 32M of the Act,
the prescribed particulars for an application
to vary a licence or licence condition, are—
(a) the type of licence;
(b) the name and address of the licence
holder;
(c) a description of the proposed variation.
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27. Notification of change of nominated
person
(1) The holder of a scientific procedures
premises licence, scientific procedures field
work licence or specified animals breeding
licence must notify the Department Head of
any change to the nominated person within
14 days after the change in accordance with
sub-regulation (2).
(2) A notification under sub-regulation (1) must
provide—
(a) the name and address of the licence
holder; and
(b) the name of the current nominated
person; and
(c) the name, address, phone, fax and email
contact details of the proposed new
nominated person; and
(d) the effective date of transfer; and
(e) a declaration from the new nominated
person that the person agrees to comply
with all the relevant requirements of—
(i) the Act, these Regulations, the
licence and the Australian code of
practice; and
(ii) the Pound Animals code of
practice, in the case of a scientific
procedures premises licence or
scientific procedures field work
licence.
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(3) In this regulation, "nominated person"
means a person nominated—
(a) under section 26(2) of the Act; or
(b) by the holder of a scientific procedures
field work licence to be responsible for
procedures carried out under that
licence; or
(c) by the holder of a specified animals
breeding licence to be responsible for
breeding carried out under that
licence.'.
8. New Part 4 substituted
For Part 4 of the Principal Regulations
substitute—
"PART 4—MISCELLANEOUS
28. Identification certificates
(1) For the purposes of section 19(1) of the Act,
an identification certificate issued—
(a) to an inspector must be in the form in
Schedule 7;
(b) to a specialist inspector must be in the
form in Schedule 8.
(2) For the purposes of section 35(4) of the Act,
an identification certificate issued to an
authorised officer must be in the form in
Schedule 9.
29. Orders for the destruction or treatment of
animals
For the purposes of section 35(7)(b) of the
Act, an order must be in the form in
Schedule 16.
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30. Fees
The prescribed fees for the purposes of the
Act are as follows—
Section of Act Provision Fee
Section 16(1) For the issue of a
rodeo permit—
(a) for the first day
of the rodeo;
(b) for each
subsequent day
$51.00
$25.00
Section 16(1) For the issue of a
rodeo school permit $26.00
Section 30(2) For the issue or
renewal of a
scientific
procedures
premises licence—
for each year or part
of a year—
(a) 10 or more
persons
conducting
scientific
procedures;
(b) fewer than
10 persons
conducting
scientific
procedures
$585.00
$390.00
Section 32B(2) For the issue or
renewal of a
scientific
procedures field
work licence—for
each year or part of
a year—
(a) 10 or more
persons
conducting
scientific
procedures; $585.00
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Section of Act Provision Fee
(b) fewer than
10 persons
conducting
scientific
procedures $390.00
Section 32F(2) For the issue or
renewal of a
specified animals
breeding licence—
for each year or part
of a year $585.00
31. Service of infringement notice
An offence against either of the following
regulations is prescribed for the purposes of
section 37A(1)(b) of the Act—
(a) regulation 24(1);
(b) regulation 24(5).
32. Infringement penalties
For the purposes of section 37B of the Act
the penalty for an offence for which an
infringement may be issued is the penalty
listed opposite that offence in Schedule 10.
33. Transitional provision
An identification certificate issued before
24 June 2004 to an inspector, specialist
inspector or authorised officer in the form
prescribed in these Regulations as in force
immediately before that date is to be treated
as an identification certificate in the
prescribed form for the purposes of the Act
and these Regulations on and after that date
until the date of expiry of the identification
certificate.".
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9. Substitution of Schedules 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
For Schedules 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the Principal
Regulations substitute—
"SCHEDULE 6
Regulation 24
CODES FOR ANNUAL RETURNS
1. TYPE OF ANIMAL
Code Description
Laboratory Mammals
01 Ferret
02 Guinea pig*
03 Hamster
04 Mouse*
05 Rabbit*
06 Rat*
07 Other
Stock Animals
08 Cattle
09 Deer
10 Domestic Poultry
11 Goats
12 Horses
13 Pigs
14 Sheep
15 Other
Birds
16 Exotic captive
17 Exotic wild
18 Native captive
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19 Native Non-endemic
20 Native wild
21 Other
Aquatic Animals
22 Amphibians
23 Cephalopods
24 Crustaceans
25 Fish
26 Other
Reptiles
27 Lizards
28 Snakes
29 Tortoises
30 Other
Domestic Animals
31 Cats
32 Dogs
33 Other
Primates
34 Baboons*
35 Macaques*
36 Marmosets*
37 Other*
Native Animals
38 Dasyurids
39 Macropods
40 Koalas
41 Native Rats, Mice
42 Possums, Gliders
43 Wombats
44 Other
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Exotic Feral Animals
45 Camels
46 Cats
47 Cattle
48 Goats
49 Hares
50 Horses
51 Mice
52 Pigs
53 Rabbits
54 Rats
55 Other exotic feral animals
Zoo Animals
56 Other Zoo animals
*Specified animals
2. SOURCE OF THE ANIMALS
Code Description
Specified animals:
01 Own derivation
Interstate-licensed institution
Imported from overseas
Victoria—under a Specified Animals
Breeding Licence
02 Other
Livestock and other domestics, native animals,
reptiles, aquatic, exotic and feral animals:
03 Own derivation
04 Commercial supplier
05 Private donation
06 Municipal pound
07 Privately owned animals on a farm
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08 Animals in their natural habitat
09 Removed from Australian natural habitat
for the project
10 Australian captive colony/zoo
11 Other source
3. PROCEDURE OR BREEDING OPTION
01 Animals undergoing procedures
02 Specified animals for stock maintenance or
breed development
4. OVERALL PURPOSE
Code Description
01 The understanding of human or animal
biology
02 The maintenance and improvement of
human or animal health and welfare
03 The improvement of animal management
or production
04 The achievement of educational objectives
05 Environmental objectives
06 Breeding (not final progeny) and/or
maintenance stock
5. IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON THE
ANIMALS
Code Description
01 Observational studies involving minor
interference
02 Animal unconscious without recovery
03 Minor conscious intervention, no
anaesthesia
04 Minor operative procedures with recovery
05 Surgery with recovery
06 Minor physiological challenge
07 Moderate to major physiological challenge
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08 Death as an end point
09 Conventional breeding only
10 Breeding for production of genetically
modified animal or cloning
6. PARTICULAR PROCEDURES
01 Attachment or insertion of devices for long
term direct or telemetric monitoring
02 Adversive stimuli, electrical or other, for
behavioural training, or for inducing a state
of stress integral to the experiment
03 Burning or scalding
04 Exposure to ionising radiation
05 Gene manipulative technology
06 Immunomodulatory methods
07 Induction of neoplasia
08 Induction of infection
09 Induction of other disease model
10 In vivo production of monoclonal antibody
11 In vivo production of polyclonal antibody
12 Interference with the central nervous
system or any of the special senses or brain
centres controlling them
13 Use of neuromuscular blocking agents or
electro-immobilisation
14 Other procedure and breeding
7. BENEFIT FOCUS OF THE PROJECT
Code Description
01 Fundamental biology/physiology
02 Diseases—human
03 Diseases—animal
04 Diseases—zoonotic
05 Environmental monitoring/ecology
06 Domestic animal management/production
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07 Wildlife management/conservation
08 Vertebrate pest management
09 Production of biological products
10 Xenotransplantation
11 Development of techniques—remedial,
surgical, diagnostic
12 Educational
13 Training
14 Regulatory product testing (ie. Vaccines,
chemical, drug evaluation)
15 Lethality testing
16 Breeding
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SCHEDULE 7
Regulation 28(1)(a)
CERTIFICATE OF IDENTIFICATION AS AN
INSPECTOR
The bearer , who is an employee of
the , and whose photograph and signature
appear on this card, is approved under section 18 of the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 as an inspector
and is authorised to exercise any powers provided under
section 21 of that Act.
Expiry Date 30/6/
No.
Minister
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SCHEDULE 8
Regulation 28(1)(b)
CERTIFICATE OF IDENTIFICATION AS A
SPECIALIST INSPECTOR
The bearer , who is an employee of
the , and whose photograph and signature
appear on this card, is a specialist inspector appointed under
section 18A of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
1986 and is authorised to exercise any powers provided
under section 22A of that Act.
Expiry Date 30/6/
No.
Minister
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SCHEDULE 9
Regulation 28(2)
CERTIFICATE OF IDENTIFICATION AS AN
AUTHORISED OFFICER
The bearer , who is an employee of
the , and whose photograph and signature
appear on this card, is appointed as an authorised officer
under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 for
the purposes of Part 3 of that Act generally or for the
following specific purposes:
and is authorised to exercise the powers under section 35(7)
of that Act.
Expiry Date 30/6/
No.
Minister
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SCHEDULE 10
Regulation 30
Section of Act
Brief description of
offence
Prescribed
penalty
Section 15A(2) Failure to secure a dog
on the tray of a motor
vehicle or a trailer
attached to a motor
vehicle
1 penalty
unit
Regulation
24(1)
Failure to provide an
annual return to the
Department Head
1 penalty
unit
Regulation
24(5)
Failure to provide a
declaration verifying
the facts contained in
an annual return and
statement of approved
projects
1 penalty
unit
".
10. Revocation of Schedules 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15
Schedules 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the Principal
Regulations are revoked.
11. Amendment to Schedule 16
In Schedule 16 to the Principal Regulations for
"Regulation 23" substitute "Regulation 29".
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 159/1997. Reprint No. 1 as at 1 November 2002.
Reprinted to S.R. No. 65/2001. Subsequently amended by
S.R. No. 23/2004.
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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter Required by
Subordinate Legislation Regulations 1994
Note that the following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter is
included in accordance with the requirements of regulation 6 of the Subordinate
Legislation Regulations 1994.
Statutory rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
Regulation
13(e)(iv);
Regulation
13(f);
Regulation
14(a);
Regulation
14(h);
Regulation
17(d)(iii);
Regulation
17(e);
Regulation
18(a);
Regulation
18(g);
Regulation
20(f);
Regulation
27(2)(e)(i)
Australian code of practice for
the care and use of animals for
scientific purposes, 6th edition
1997, and published by the
Australian Government
Publishing Service, Canberra
1997.
Whole document
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Statutory rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
Regulation
13(e)(ii);
Regulation
14(b);
Regulation
15(1);
Regulation
17(d)(i);
Regulation
18(b);
Regulation
19(1);
Regulation
20(e)(i);
Regulation
21(e); and
Regulation 22
Australian code of practice for
the care and use of animals for
scientific purposes, 6th edition
1997, and published by the
Australian Government
Publishing Service, Canberra
1997.
Introduction and
sections 1, 2 and 3
Regulation
20(e)(iii);
Regulation
21(a);
Regulation
21(b);
Regulation
21(h)
Australian code of practice for
the care and use of animals for
scientific purposes, 6th edition
1997, published by the
Australian Government
Publishing Service, Canberra
1997.
Introduction and
sections 1, 2, 3
and 4
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Statutory rule
provision
Title of applied, adopted or
incorporated document
Matter in applied,
adopted or
incorporated
document
Regulation
13(e)(iv);
Regulation
13(f);
Regulation
14(a);
Regulation
17(d)(iii);
Regulation
17(e);
Regulation
18(a);
Regulation
27(2)(e)(ii).
Code of practice for the use of
animals from municipal pounds
in scientific procedures
approved by the Governor in
Council on 19 April 1988 and
published in the Victorian
Government Gazette G47 on
7 December 1988 at
pages 3659–60.
Whole document
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