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Regulations regarding welfare and related matters.
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8.— (1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Board and the Club, by regulations make provision for the protection and enhancement of the health, welfare and care of greyhounds.
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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may make provision in relation to—
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(a) the provision of a proper supply of food and liquid to a greyhound,
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(b) the housing of greyhounds, including—
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(i) the dimensions and layout of housing,
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(ii) the materials to be used in constructing housing, and
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(iii) lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation,
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(c) the operation, management and supervision of a premises (other than a dwelling) where a greyhound is kept, traded, bred, reared, trained, raced or coursed,
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(d) the standards and maintenance of premises (other than a dwelling) where a greyhound is kept, traded, bred, reared, trained, raced or coursed and equipment, facilities and amenities used in connection with a greyhound, including the implementation of biosecurity measures,
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(e) the provision and maintenance of drainage, water supply or other facilities for a greyhound, the sanitation and hygiene of premises (other than a dwelling) where a greyhound is kept, traded, bred, reared, trained, raced or coursed and equipment used in connection with a greyhound,
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(f) the form, content and maintenance of records in respect of which matters to which paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) relates,
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(g) the protection of greyhounds from adverse environmental conditions,
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(h) the keeping, breeding or rearing, training, racing or coursing of a greyhound in such a manner as to avoid unnecessary suffering,
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(i) the provision of veterinary or other specialist treatment of a greyhound, where necessary,
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(j) the transport of a greyhound, including—
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(i) equipment, a vessel, vehicle, container, trailer or other thing used for, or ancillary to, the transport of a greyhound, or
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(ii) care of the greyhound, including feeding, watering and rest periods,
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(k) the information to accompany a greyhound or to be provided before or after the greyhound is transported, including the person to whom, and manner in which, the information is to be provided, or
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(l) the isolation, segregation, treatment (including disinfecting and cleaning and treatment with an insecticide or other substance), disposal or destruction of a greyhound.
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(3) Regulations under this section may—
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(a) apply to greyhounds generally or to greyhounds of a particular class or description,
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(b) apply to premises generally or to premises of a particular class or description,
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(c) apply to vehicles, vessels or equipment generally or to vehicles, vessels or equipment of a particular class or description, and
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(d) apply to persons generally or to persons of a particular class or description.
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(4) A person who contravenes or fails to comply with a regulation made under this section stated in the regulations to be a penal provision commits an offence.
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