Animal Welfare (Standards and Guidelines for Sheep) Code of Practice - Australian Capital Territory

Description

You will need to comply with this code if you own, keep, care for and breed Sheep in the ACT.

The standards and guidelines will apply to all sheep farming enterprises in Australia from extensive grazing to fully housed systems. Some provisions such as handling standards will apply in other enterprises if there are not already higher provisions in place, such as during transport or at abattoirs or saleyards.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Act(s) name

Animal Welfare Act 1992 Australian Capital Territory

Regulation(s) name

Animal Welfare Regulation 2001 Australian Capital Territory

Administering agency

Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate

Animal Welfare Authority

Contact details

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