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==Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13== | ==Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13== | ||
15 (1) No person shall cause an animal to be in distress. | |||
:(2) No owner or custodian of an animal shall permit the animal to be in distress. | |||
:(3) No person shall knowingly or recklessly cause an animal to be exposed to an undue risk of distress. | |||
:(4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply in respect of, | |||
::(a) an activity permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 in relation to wildlife in the wild; | |||
::(b) an activity permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 or the Fisheries Act (Canada) in relation to fish; | |||
::(c) an activity regarding agricultural animal care, management or husbandry carried on in accordance with, | |||
:::(i) any standards of care or administrative requirements that expressly provide that they apply to that activity, or | |||
:::(ii) if no standards of care or administrative requirements expressly provide that they apply to that activity, the reasonable and generally accepted practices of agricultural animal care, management or husbandry; | |||
::(d) a prescribed class of animals or animals living in prescribed circumstances or conditions; and | |||
::(e) prescribed activities. | |||
:(5) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to, | |||
::(a) a veterinarian providing veterinary care, or boarding an animal as part of its care, in accordance with the standards of practice established under the Veterinarians Act; | |||
::(b) a person acting under the supervision of a veterinarian described in clause (a); and | |||
::(c) a person acting under the orders of a veterinarian described in clause (a), but only in respect of what the person does or does not do in following those orders. | |||
<ref name="PAWSA">Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13, <https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/19p13>, reterived 2021-04-22</ref> | <ref name="PAWSA">Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13, <https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/19p13>, reterived 2021-04-22</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 00:20, 23 April 2021
Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13
15 (1) No person shall cause an animal to be in distress.
- (2) No owner or custodian of an animal shall permit the animal to be in distress.
- (3) No person shall knowingly or recklessly cause an animal to be exposed to an undue risk of distress.
- (4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply in respect of,
- (a) an activity permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 in relation to wildlife in the wild;
- (b) an activity permitted under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 or the Fisheries Act (Canada) in relation to fish;
- (c) an activity regarding agricultural animal care, management or husbandry carried on in accordance with,
- (i) any standards of care or administrative requirements that expressly provide that they apply to that activity, or
- (ii) if no standards of care or administrative requirements expressly provide that they apply to that activity, the reasonable and generally accepted practices of agricultural animal care, management or husbandry;
- (d) a prescribed class of animals or animals living in prescribed circumstances or conditions; and
- (e) prescribed activities.
- (5) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to,
- (a) a veterinarian providing veterinary care, or boarding an animal as part of its care, in accordance with the standards of practice established under the Veterinarians Act;
- (b) a person acting under the supervision of a veterinarian described in clause (a); and
- (c) a person acting under the orders of a veterinarian described in clause (a), but only in respect of what the person does or does not do in following those orders.
References
- ↑ Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 13, <https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/19p13>, reterived 2021-04-22