Animals and Birds Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Animal Welfare and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
41A. Codes of animal welfare
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The Director‑General may, from time to time, for the purposes of this Part —
Director‑General
“Director‑General” means the Director‑General, Animal Health and Welfare appointed under section 3(1);
issue one or more codes of animal welfare; (b)adopt as a code of animal welfare, with or without any modification, any document (or any part of such document) prepared by any person in or outside Singapore; or
amend or revoke any code of animal welfare issued or adopted under this subsection,with respect to the standards of care to be provided or observed in respect of any animal or class of animals.
Upon issuing, adopting, amending or revoking a code of animal welfare under subsection (1), the Director‑General must —
code of animal welfare
“code of animal welfare” means any code of animal welfare issued, adopted or amended by the Director‑General and in force under section 41A;
publish a notice of the issue, adoption, amendment or revocation (as the case may be) in such manner as will secure adequate publicity for such issue, adoption, amendment or revocation;
specify the date of the issue, adoption, amendment or revocation (as the case may be) in the notice; and
ensure that the code of animal welfare (including any amendment made to the code of animal welfare) remains available for access or inspection without charge by the public.
Any issue, adoption, amendment or revocation of a code of animal welfare under subsection (1) does not have any force or effect until the notice relating to it has been published in accordance with subsection (2)(a) and (b).
If any provision of any code of animal welfare in force under this section is inconsistent with any provision of this Act or any rule made under this Act, the provision in the code of animal welfare does not, to the extent of the inconsistency, have effect.
The Director‑General may, either generally or for such time as the Director‑General may specify, waive the application of any code of animal welfare (or any part of such code) issued, adopted or amended under this section to any animal owner or class of animal owners, or in respect of any animal or class of animals.
animal
“animal” means any mammal (other than man) or fish and includes any other living creature that is prescribed as an animal for the purposes of this Act or that falls within a class of animals that is prescribed for those purposes;
Any code of animal welfare issued under this section is deemed not to be subsidiary legislation.