8Standards for animal display establishments

8 Standards for animal display establishments

8 Standards for animal display establishments

(1) For the purposes of the Act, sections 14 and 25, the following, published by the Department or its predecessors, are prescribed as standards—

(a) General Standards for Exhibiting Animals in New South Wales, published in February 2019,

(b) Policy on Exhibiting Primates in New South Wales, published in March 2000,

(c) Standards for Exhibiting Animals at Mobile Establishments in New South Wales, published in February 2019,

(d) Standards for Exhibiting Animals during Temporary Removals in New South Wales, published in February 2019,

(e) Standards for Exhibiting Australian Mammals in New South Wales, published in April 2006,

(f) Standards for Exhibiting Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in New South Wales, published in April 1994,

(g) Standards for Exhibiting Captive Raptors in New South Wales, published in May 2010,

(h) Standards for Exhibiting Carnivores in New South Wales, published in August 2016,

(i) Standards for Exhibiting Circus Animals in New South Wales, published in February 2019,

(j) Standards for Exhibiting Seals in New South Wales, published in October 2008.

(2) For the purposes of the Act, section 28(1), it is a condition of an authority that the exhibition of animals to which the authority relates must comply with the standards mentioned in subsection (1) that are applicable to the authority.

(3) The Secretary, at the request of a person who is the applicant for or holder of an authority, may—

(a) if the authority relates to an animal display establishment that was in existence before 9 June 1989—vary a standard otherwise applicable under this section to the establishment, or

(b) if the authority relates to the exhibition of an animal that was exhibited by the person before 9 June 1989—vary a standard otherwise applicable under this section to the exhibition of the animal by the person.

(4) If a standard is varied, the standard applicable to the establishment or exhibition of the animal concerned is the standard as varied.