South Australia
Animal Welfare (Electrical Devices and Animal Ethics Committee) Variation Regulations 2017
under the Animal Welfare Act 1985

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of Animal Welfare Regulations 2012
4	Variation of regulation 8—Use of certain other electrical devices
5	Variation of regulation 13—Annual reports by animal ethics committees

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Animal Welfare (Electrical Devices and Animal Ethics Committee) Variation Regulations 2017.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation 4 months after the day on which they are made (see Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 section 10AA).
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Animal Welfare Regulations 2012
4—Variation of regulation 8—Use of certain other electrical devices
Regulation 8(1)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:
	(a)	place on an animal a collar designed to impart an electric shock unless it is for the purpose of carrying out research into the use of such collars as part of a research program approved by an animal ethics committee; or
5—Variation of regulation 13—Annual reports by animal ethics committees
	(1)	Regulation 13(1)—after "animal ethics committee" first occurring insert:
established under section 23 of the Act
	(2)	Regulation 13(1)—delete "this section" and substitute:
this regulation
	(3)	Regulation 13(1)(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:
	(a)	the chief executive; and
	(4)	Regulation 13—after subregulation (1) insert:
	(1a)	For the purposes of section 25(1)(e) of the Act, a body approved by the Minister as an animal ethics committee under section 23A of the Act must provide to the chief executive, within 3 months after the end of each calendar year, the most recent annual report prepared by the committee for the purposes of the Code for the governing body of the institution or institutions for which it acts.
	(5)	Regulation 13(2)—delete "The report" and substitute:
A report referred to in subregulation (1)
	(6)	Regulation 13(3)—delete "The report" and substitute:
A report referred to in subregulation (1)
	(7)	Regulation 13—after subregulation (3) insert:
	(4)	In this regulation—
chief executive means the chief executive of the administrative unit that is responsible for assisting a Minister in the administration of the Act.
Made by the Governor's Deputy
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 8 August 2017
No 215 of 2017
17MSECCS028