Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 (Qld)

Animal Care and Protection Act 2001

An Act to promote the responsible care and use of animals and to protect animals from cruelty, and for other purposes

Chapter 1 Preliminary

Part 1 Introduction

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Purposes and application of Act

Division 1 Purposes

3 Purposes of Act The purposes of this Act are to do the following— (a) promote the responsible care and use of animals; (b) provide standards for the care and use of animals that— (i) achieve a reasonable balance between the welfare of animals and the interests of persons whose livelihood is dependent on animals; and (ii) allow for the effect of advancements in scientific knowledge about animal biology and changes in community expectations about practices involving animals; (c) protect animals from unjustifiable, unnecessary or unreasonable pain; (d) ensure the use of animals for scientific purposes is accountable, open and responsible.

4 How purposes are to be primarily achieved The purposes are to be primarily achieved by the following— (a) providing for regulations about codes of practice for animal welfare; (b) allowing regulations to require compliance with codes of practice; (c) imposing a duty of care on persons in charge of animals; (d) prohibiting certain conduct in relation to animals; (e) requiring a person using an animal for scientific purposes to comply with the scientific use code; (f) providing for the registration of certain users of animals for scientific purposes; (g) providing for the appointment of authorised officers to monitor compliance with compulsory code requirements and the scientific use code; (h) providing for the appointment of inspectors to investigate and enforce this Act; (i) allowing the Minister to establish an animal welfare advisory committee or another body to advise the Minister on animal welfare issues.