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Schedule of amendments

Schedule 1

Animal Welfare (Factory Farming) Amendment Bill 2013

Amendments moved by the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services

1

Clause 5

Proposed new section 9A

Page 3, line 4—

omit proposed new section 9A, substitute

9A  Keeping laying fowls for commercial egg production—appropriate accommodation

(1) A person commits an offence if—

(a) the person keeps laying fowls for commercial egg production; and

(b) the fowls are not kept in appropriate accommodation.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

(3) In this section:

appropriate accommodation, for laying fowls kept by a person, means accommodation that is in accordance with, or an improvement on, the conditions mentioned in any of the following provisions of the Eggs (Labelling and Sale) Act 2001, schedule 1 (Conditions under which hens are kept):

(a) item 2, column 3 (which is about the production of eggs in a barn on a single level);

(b) item 3, column 3 (which is about the production of eggs in a barn that has additional levels of nesting and perching space);

(c) item 4, column 3 (which is about the production of eggs in a free-range system).

commercial egg production does not include egg production by a person the main purpose of which is the production of eggs for the person’s own consumption.

laying fowl means a female domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus) that is 16 weeks old or older.

2

Clause 8

Proposed new section 20 (aa)

Page 5, line 16—

omit

Battery cages for commercial egg production

substitute

Keeping laying fowls for commercial egg production—appropriate accommodation

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