---
title: "Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979"
slug: "prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act-1979"
jurisdiction_code: "nsw"
collection: "act"
status: "in force"
act_number: "200 of 1979"
canonical_url: "https://zoelaw.ai/legislation/prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act-1979"
date_modified: "2026-04-03"
source_text_available: false
---

# Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979

Zoe has a public metadata record for this legal instrument, but accepted source text is not available in the agent mirror yet.

Canonical page: https://zoelaw.ai/legislation/prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals-act-1979