City bylaws:
Auckland
Unitec research bank
Christchurch
Dunedin
Wellington
National legislation
New Zealand legislation is publicly available on the
government website.
The acts or bills regarding animals / pets are shown below.
- Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997
- Animal Control Products Limited Act 1991
- Animal Products Act 1999
- Animal Products (Ancillary and Transitional Provisions) Act 1999
- Animal Welfare Act 1999
- Animals Law Reform Act 1989
- Antarctic Marine Living Resources Act 1981
- Dog Control Act 1996
- Game Animal Council Act 2013
- National Animal Identification and Tracing Act 2012
- Wild Animal Control Act 1977
Codes of welfare:
legislation.govt.nz
- Code of Welfare: Circuses
- Code of Welfare: Commercial Slaughter
- Code of Welfare: Companion Cats
- Code of Welfare: Dairy Cattle
- Code of Welfare: Deer
- Code of Welfare: Dogs
- Code of Welfare: Goats
- Code of Welfare: Horses and Donkeys
- Code of Welfare: Layer Hens
- Code of Welfare: Llamas and Alpacas
- Code of Welfare: Meat Chickens
- Code of Welfare: Painful Husbandry Procedures
- Code of Welfare: Pigs
- Code of Welfare: Rodeos
- Code of Welfare: Sheep and Beef Cattle
- Code of Welfare: Temporary Housing of Companion Animals
- Code of Welfare: Transport within New Zealand
- Code of Welfare: Zoos
These can also be found:
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/animals/animal-welfare/codes/all-animal-welfare-codes/
As of today, 24/1/2021 all these code of welfare acts were updated as at 2018.
If you are aware of missing legislation that should be included, please advise us.
Updated: 24 Jan 2021