Animal Care Codes of Practice Regulation (34/2019)

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act ANIMAL CARE CODES OF PRACTICE REGULATION B.C. Reg. 34/2019 Deposited February 28, 2019 and effective June 1, 2019 Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia This is an unofficial consolidation. Consolidation current to April 12, 2019 B.C. Reg. 34/2019 (O.C. 86/2019), deposited February 28, 2019 and effective June 1, 2019, is made under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 372, s. 26 (2) and (3). This is an unofficial consolidation provided for convenience only. This is not a copy prepared for the purposes of the Evidence Act. This consolidation includes any amendments deposited and in force as of the currency date at the bottom of each page. See the end of this regulation for any amendments deposited but not in force as of the currency date. Any amendments deposited after the currency date are listed in the B.C. Regulations Bulletins. All amendments to this regulation are listed in the Index of B.C. Regulations. Regulations Bulletins and the Index are available online at www.bclaws.ca. See the User Guide for more information about the Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia. The User Guide and the Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia are available online at www.bclaws.ca. Prepared by: Office of Legislative Counsel Ministry of Attorney General Victoria, B.C. Consolidation current to April 12, 2019 1 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act ANIMAL CARE CODES OF PRACTICE REGULATION B.C. Reg. 34/2019 Contents 1 Definitions 2 Animals to which this regulation applies 3 Commercial operations are regulated activities 4 Generally accepted practices for commercial operations Definitions 1 In this regulation: “Act” means the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act; “commercial animal” means an animal referred to in section 2 [animals to which this regulation applies]; “commercial operation” means the keeping or use of a commercial animal for one or more of the following purposes, performed on a commercial basis and whether or not the commercial animal is kept or used under a licence, permit or other authorization issued or required under an enactment: (a) breeding, whether or not the commercial animal or any resulting offspring are pedigreed or purebred; (b) boarding, whether or not overnight; (c) grazing; (d) producing (i) eggs for a hatchery, (ii) fibre, (iii) food for human or animal consumption, (iv) hides or pelts, (v) manure, or (vi) other products or by-products; (e) selling the commercial animal live; (f) training or using the commercial animal for work or competition; (g) in the case of a commercial animal of the equine species, training or using the commercial animal for recreation; (h) transporting a commercial animal and handling a commercial animal for the purposes of transporting the animal; “NFACC” means the National Farm Animal Care Council. Animals to which this regulation applies 2 This regulation applies to the following animals: Consolidation current to April 12, 2019 B.C. Reg. 34/2019 PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT ANIMAL CARE CODES OF PRACTICE REGULATION 2 (a) beef cattle, being bulls, cows and calves of any age kept and raised for the purpose of producing beef; (b) bison; (c) dairy cattle, being (i) bulls aged 6 months or older and kept for the purpose of breeding with cows referred to in subparagraph (iii), (ii) calves aged less than 6 months of cows referred to in subparagraph (iii), and (iii) cows aged 6 months or older and kept for the purpose of producing milk for human consumption, whether or not the cow is lactating; (d) domestic equine species, including hybrids; (e) domestic swine; (f) foxes; (g) mink; (h) poultry, being chickens, chicken capons, ducks, fowl, geese and turkeys; (i) rabbits; (j) sheep; (k) veal cattle, being calves of any age kept and raised for the purpose of producing veal. Commercial operations are regulated activities 3 A commercial operation is prescribed as a regulated activity for the purposes of the Act. Generally accepted practices for commercial operations 4 For the purposes of section 24.02 (c) of the Act, the requirements and recommenda tions contained in a code of practice referred to in column 2 of the following table are recognized as reasonable and generally accepted practices of engaging in a commercial operation in relation to the commercial animals described in column 1 opposite the code of practice: Item Column 1 Commercial Animals Column 2 Code of Practice 1 beef cattle Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2013 2 bison Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Bison, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2017 3 dairy cattle Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2009 4 domestic equine species Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2013 Consolidation current to April 12, 2019 PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT B.C. Reg. 34/2019 ANIMAL CARE CODES OF PRACTICE REGULATION 3 Copyright © 2019, Province of British Columbia 5 domestic swine Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2014 6 foxes Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farmed Fox (Vulpes vulpes), as produced by the NFACC and published in 2013 7 mink Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farmed Mink, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2013 8 poultry Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Hatching Eggs, Breeders, Chickens and Turkeys, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2016 Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pullets and Laying Hens, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2017 9 rabbits Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Rabbits, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2018 10 sheep Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Sheep, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2013 11 veal cattle Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal Cattle, as produced by the NFACC and published in 2017 Item Column 1 Commercial Animals Column 2 Code of Practice Consolidation current to April 12, 2019