Western Australian Legislation
Western Australia Animal Welfare Act 2002 Animal Welfare (General) Regulations 2003 Western Australia Animal Welfare (General) Regulations 2003 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 Part 2 — Offences against animals 3. Inhumane devices (s. 19(2)(b)) 2 4. Prescribed acts (s. 19(2)(d) and (3)(b)(i)) 2 5. Pests (s. 24(2)) 2 6. Codes of practice adopted (s. 94(2)(d)) 3 7. Use of devices: electric shock (s. 29) 10 8. Use of devices — metal‑jawed traps (s. 29) 14 Part 3 — Enforcement 9. Warrant (s. 61) 16 9A. Prescribed offences and modified penalties (s. 65(1) and 66(2)) 16 9B. Prescribed forms (s. 66(1) and 68(1)) 16 10. Objections (s. 72) 16 Part 4 — Miscellaneous 12. Disposal of forfeited property (s. 87) 17 13. Claim for compensation (s. 93) 17 14. Further offences (s. 94) — tail docking 17 Schedule 1 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties Schedule 2 — Forms Notes Compilation table 33 Defined terms Animal Welfare Act 2002 Animal Welfare (General) Regulations 2003
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Animal Welfare (General) Regulations 2003.
2. Commencement These regulations come into operation on the day of their publication in the Gazette or the day on which the Animal Welfare Act 2002 comes into operation, whichever is the later.
Part 2 — Offences against animals
3. Inhumane devices (s. 19(2)(b)) For the purposes of section 19(2)(b) of the Act, the following devices are prescribed as inhumane — (a) a device, other than an electric fence, that is designed or modified to deliver an electric shock to an animal; (b) jawed traps; (c) spurs that have sharpened or fully‑fixed rowels; (d) spurs that are reasonably capable of penetrating the skin of the animal on which they are intended to be used.
4. Prescribed acts (s. 19(2)(d) and (3)(b)(i)) The administration of an electric shock to an animal in a manner that is not set out in regulation 7 is a prescribed act for the purposes of section 19(2)(d) and (3)(b)(i) of the Act.
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