Animal Welfare (Dogs) Regulations 2026
35Housing requirements specific to facilities
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35 Housing requirements specific to facilities
(1) A person in charge of a facility must ensure that the facility –
(a) is designed, constructed, serviced and maintained to prevent access to the facility by unauthorised persons; and
(b) has an adequate water supply for all dogs housed at the facility; and
(c) has an area available within the facility, or at a veterinary clinic to which the person has reasonable access, to isolate a dog if required; and
(d) has biosecurity measures in place that are regularly reviewed and updated if appropriate.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(2) A person in charge of a facility must ensure that –
(a) at the time of any inspection or observation of a dog housed within the facility, there is sufficient light within the facility to enable the inspection or observation; and
(b) if the facility relies on artificial lighting in any area where dogs are housed, the artificial lighting is as similar as is reasonably practicable to lighting that would occur naturally.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.