Animal Welfare Act 1992
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21 Contents (1) A code of practice may deal with the following matters: (a) the care and use of animals for scientific purposes; (b) the use of animals from pounds; (c) the management and control of companion animals; (d) the management of companion animals in pounds and shelters; (e) the development of new breeds of companion animals; (f) the breeding and selling of cats or dogs with heritable defects; (g) the use of electric goads; (h) horse agistment establishments; (i) animal welfare in rural industry; (j) animal welfare in intensive farming; (k) transport of livestock; (l) animal welfare in the management of saleyards; (m) livestock and poultry slaughtering establishments; (n) fishing; (o) culling of native animals; (p) control of feral animals; (q) aerial shooting of animals; (r) trapping and snaring of animals; (s) commercial pest control; (t) commercial keeping and display of animals;
Codes of practice Part 3 (u) the operation of pet shops and other businesses that buy or sell animals as pets; (v) the operation of businesses that board animals; (w) the operation of any other business that deals with pets; (x) keeping of zoo animals; (y) animal welfare in the racing industry; (z) any other matter related to animal welfare. pest does not include a domestic animal or native animal.