Animal Welfare Act 1992
20Exception—conduct in accordance with approved code
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20 Exception—conduct in accordance with approved code of practice or mandatory code of practice This part (other than the following provisions) does not apply if the conduct making up the offence was in accordance with an approved code of practice or a mandatory code of practice: (a) section 9A (Keeping laying fowls for commercial egg production—appropriate accommodation); (b) section 9B (Keeping pigs—appropriate accommodation);
(c) section 9C (Removing or trimming beak of fowl); (d) section 14 (Use or possession of prohibited item); (e) section 17 (1) or (2) (Violent animal activities); (f) section 18 (1) or (2) (Rodeos and game parks); (g) section 19A (Medical and surgical procedures—veterinary practitioners).