Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulation 2025
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Schedule 3 Electrical devices
Schedule 3 Electrical devices
Section 43
| Column 1 | Column 2 | | Type of device | Purpose for or circumstances in which not electrical device | | Electro-immobiliser | Restraining cattle, but only if used by a veterinary practitioner for purposes other than as an alternative to analgesia or anaesthesia | | Electric stock prod | Driving, herding, mustering or controlling weaned cattle or sheepControlling horses being used in a rodeo, but only for the purpose of getting a horse that has stalled in the chute to exit the chute and not if used on the horse once it has started to exit the chuteLoading or unloading weaned pigs onto or from a vehicle for transportation purposes | | Electric fence | Confining, controlling or protecting animals other than dogs and cats | | Electro-ejaculator | Collecting semen from conscious cattle or sheepCollecting semen from animals that have been tranquillised and administered with an analgesic or animals that have been anaesthetised | | Electric stock grid | Confining stock animals other than poultry | | Electric fightback lure | Training coursing dogs | | Electro-fishing device | Catching species of fish under licence, permit or authority under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 or in accordance with the Animal Research Act 1985 | | The device sold under the name Pingg-String, including any similar device delivering an electric shock of no greater intensity or duration than a Pingg-String | Confining dogs or cats, but only if used inside a fence through which dogs or cats cannot pass and that is at least 1.5m high | | Canine invisible boundary | Confining dogs, but only if used inside a fence through which dogs cannot pass and that is at least 1.5m high | | Electronic bird deterrent device | Deterring birds from roosting on building ledges and other external building surfaces | | Virtual fencing device | Controlling and monitoring the movement of domestic cattle for the purposes of containment and herding, but not—(a) as the way of containing the cattle within an area adjacent to public land, or(b) as the way of containing the cattle within an area adjacent to private land, unless the owner of the adjacent property has agreed in writing to use of the device for that purpose, or(c) to contain or manage a biosecurity risk within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015. | | Any other device producing an electrical discharge that is used in such a way that the animal in relation to which the device is being used cannot move away from the device | |
sch 3: Am 2025 (678), Sch 1[5] [6].