Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Amendment Regulations 2018

Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Amendment Regulations 2018 Patsy Reddy, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 26th day of March 2018 Present: Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council These regulations are made under section 183(1)(c)(iiia) of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council. Contents Page 1 Title 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Principal regulations 2 4 Regulation 4 amended (Records) 2 Regulations 1 Title These regulations are the Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Amendment Regulations 2018. 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 January 2019. 2018/51 1 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM51943 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM49663 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM49663 3 Principal regulations These regulations amend the Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Regula tions 1999 (the principal regulations). 4 Regulation 4 amended (Records) After regulation 4(1)(k), insert: (l) the number of animals killed during the year that— (i) were bred, using any breeding technique, for the purposes of re search, testing, and teaching; but (ii) were not used for those purposes. Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council. Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect. These regulations, which come into force on 1 January 2019, amend the Animal Wel fare (Records and Statistics) Regulations 1999 (the principal regulations). These regulations amend regulation 4 of the principal regulations, which requires code of ethical conduct holders to keep readily accessible records in relation to the research, testing, and teaching carried out by them each year. The amendment inserts a new requirement (which is empowered by section 183(1)(c)(iiia) of the Animal Welfare Act 1999) that requires code of ethical conduct holders to keep records of the numbers of animals killed that were bred using any breeding technique, but not used, for the purposes of research, testing, and teaching. New regulation 4(1)(l) will take effect concurrently with changes to provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 1999 that relate to research, testing, and teaching that were enacted by the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015. Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012. Date of notification in Gazette: 29 March 2018. These regulations are administered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2018 r 3 Animal Welfare (Records and Statistics) Amendment Regulations 2018 2018/51 2 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM1044 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM1044 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM1073 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM1044 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM1044 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM1073 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM51943 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM49663 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM5174801 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM5174801 http://prd-lgnz-nlb.prd.pco.net.nz/pdflink.aspx?id=DLM2997643