47Animal Welfare Trust Account

47 Animal Welfare Trust Account

(1)  [Section 47 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] There is established in the Public Account an account to be called the Animal Welfare Trust Account.

(2)  There is to be paid into the Animal Welfare Trust Account –

(a) any money or proceeds of the realization of any property given to the State for the purposes of animal welfare; and

(b) any interest arising from the investment of such money or proceeds; and

(c) any pecuniary penalties recovered under this Act.

(3)  Any money standing to the credit of the Animal Welfare Trust Account may be applied by the Minister, after consultation with the Advisory Committee, for purposes of animal welfare.