Statutory welfare codes10

1

Any person who employs or engages a person to care for animals shall ensure that the person attending to the animals —

a

is acquainted with the provisions of all relevant statutory welfare codes relating to the animals being cared for;

b

has access to a copy of those codes while he or she is caring for the animals; and

c

has received instruction and guidance on those codes.

2

Any person who keeps animals, or who causes or knowingly permits animals to be kept, shall not care for them unless he or she has access to all relevant statutory welfare codes relating to the animals while he or she is caring for to them, and is acquainted with the provisions of those codes.