Animal Care and Protection Regulation 2023
sch.8-sec.4Organiser’s responsibilities
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sch.8-sec.4 Organiser’s responsibilities
The organiser for a rodeo must— appoint a person (a rodeo animal welfare officer ) to be responsible for the welfare of rodeo animals at the rodeo; and appoint other rodeo officials required for conducting the rodeo; and ensure each rodeo official at the rodeo is approved by a rodeo organisation; and engage a veterinary surgeon to treat rodeo animals on the site of the rodeo, or to be available for consultation, while the rodeo is being conducted; and ensure each person involved in carrying on a rodeo activity has the knowledge, skills and experience required to carry out the person’s responsibilities under this code of practice. If a person, other than the organiser for a rodeo, is required under this code of practice to do a thing or omit to do a thing at or for the rodeo, the organiser for the rodeo must take reasonable steps to ensure the person complies with the requirement. giving an oral direction to a person about compliance with a requirement conspicuously displaying a sign about compliance with a requirement giving instruction or training to rodeo officials about compliance with requirements applying to them (sch.8-sec.4-ssec.1) The organiser for a rodeo must— appoint a person (a rodeo animal welfare officer ) to be responsible for the welfare of rodeo animals at the rodeo; and appoint other rodeo officials required for conducting the rodeo; and ensure each rodeo official at the rodeo is approved by a rodeo organisation; and engage a veterinary surgeon to treat rodeo animals on the site of the rodeo, or to be available for consultation, while the rodeo is being conducted; and ensure each person involved in carrying on a rodeo activity has the knowledge, skills and experience required to carry out the person’s responsibilities under this code of practice. (sch.8-sec.4-ssec.2) If a person, other than the organiser for a rodeo, is required under this code of practice to do a thing or omit to do a thing at or for the rodeo, the organiser for the rodeo must take reasonable steps to ensure the person complies with the requirement. giving an oral direction to a person about compliance with a requirement conspicuously displaying a sign about compliance with a requirement giving instruction or training to rodeo officials about compliance with requirements applying to them
- (a) appoint a person (a rodeo animal welfare officer ) to be responsible for the welfare of rodeo animals at the rodeo; and
- (b) appoint other rodeo officials required for conducting the rodeo; and
- (c) ensure each rodeo official at the rodeo is approved by a rodeo organisation; and
- (d) engage a veterinary surgeon to treat rodeo animals on the site of the rodeo, or to be available for consultation, while the rodeo is being conducted; and
- (e) ensure each person involved in carrying on a rodeo activity has the knowledge, skills and experience required to carry out the person’s responsibilities under this code of practice.