S.L. 439.13 ст. 34Care and accommodation.

(1) The Department shall, in so far as the care and accommodation of animals is concerned, establish and maintain a monitoring and enforcement system to ensure that:

(a) all animals are provided with accommodation, an environment, food, water and care which are appropriate to their health and well-being;

(b) any restrictions on the extent to which an animal may satisfy its physiological and ethological needs are kept to a minimum;

(c) the environmental conditions in which animals are bred, kept or used are checked daily;

(d) arrangements are made to ensure that any defect or avoidable pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm discovered is eliminated as quickly as possible; and

(e) animals are transported under appropriate conditions.

(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), the Department shall further establish a monitoring and enforcement system to ensure that the care and accommodation standards set out in Schedule III are applied from the dates provided for therein.

(3) The Department may allow exemptions from the requirements of sub-regulations (1)(c) and (2) on the basis of scientific and animal-welfare justifications or animal-health reasons.