Domestic Animals Regulations 2025
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In these Regulations—
AS 5018:2025 means AS 5018:2025 Electronic animal identification—National coding scheme as amended from time to time;
AS 5019:2025 means AS 5019:2025 Electronic animal identification—Radiofrequency methods as amended from time to time;
code of ethics means—
(a) for an applicable organisation, a document made by the organisation that specifies the requirements with which each member of the organisation must comply when engaging in the breeding of dogs or cats; or
(b) for a dog obedience training organisation, a document made by the organisation that specifies the requirements with which each member of the organisation must comply when engaging in the training of dogs or the training and assessment of persons who train or will train dogs;
not-for-profit entity means an organisation which does not operate for the personal gain, profit or benefit of any of its members or the person in charge of the organisation;
prescribed animal means an animal of a prescribed class of animal;
qualified dog obedience trainer means a person who is a member of an approved dog obedience training organisation and who has completed a dog obedience trainer assessment program with an approved dog obedience training organisation in accordance with regulation 12;
reader means an instrument—
(a) used to scan a permanent identification device whether or not it is implanted in a prescribed animal; and
(b) that is capable of detecting and decoding the received information from a permanent identification device—
(i) that complies with the requirements in AS 5019:2025 that a transponder must meet in order to conform to that standard; and
(ii) that contains a unique identification number that complies with the requirements in AS 5018:2025 for a unique identification code transmitted from a transponder;
specified dog details, in relation to a dog, means the following details—
(a) the name of the dog;
(b) the unique identification number of the permanent identification device implanted in the dog;
(c) the sex of the dog;
(d) the breed of the dog;
(e) the colour of the dog;