Definitions

1   In this regulation:

"Act" means the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act;

"commercial animal" means an animal referred to in section 2 [animals to which this regulation applies];

"commercial operation" means the keeping or use of a commercial animal for one or more of the following purposes, performed on a commercial basis and whether or not the commercial animal is kept or used under a licence, permit or other authorization issued or required under an enactment:

(a) breeding, whether or not the commercial animal or any resulting offspring are pedigreed or purebred;

(b) boarding, whether or not overnight;

(c) grazing;

(d) producing

(i) eggs for a hatchery,

(ii) fibre,

(iii) food for human or animal consumption,

(iv) hides or pelts,

(v) manure, or

(vi) other products or by-products;

(e) selling the commercial animal live;

(f) training or using the commercial animal for work or competition;

(g) in the case of a commercial animal of the equine species, training or using the commercial animal for recreation;

(h) transporting a commercial animal and handling a commercial animal for the purposes of transporting the animal;

"NFACC" means the National Farm Animal Care Council.

Animals to which this regulation applies

2   This regulation applies to the following animals:

(a) beef cattle, being bulls, cows and calves of any age kept and raised for the purpose of producing beef;

(b) bison;

(c) dairy cattle, being

(i) bulls aged 6 months or older and kept for the purpose of breeding with cows referred to in subparagraph (iii),

(ii) calves aged less than 6 months of cows referred to in subparagraph (iii), and

(iii) cows aged 6 months or older and kept for the purpose of producing milk for human consumption, whether or not the cow is lactating;

(d) domestic equine species, including hybrids;

(e) domestic swine;

(f) foxes;

(g) mink;

(h) poultry, being chickens, chicken capons, ducks, fowl, geese and turkeys;

(i) rabbits;

(j) sheep;

(k) veal cattle, being calves of any age kept and raised for the purpose of producing veal.

Commercial operations are regulated activities

3   A commercial operation is prescribed as a regulated activity for the purposes of the Act.

Generally accepted practices for commercial operations

4   For the purposes of section 24.02 (c) of the Act, the requirements and recommendations contained in a code of practice referred to in column 2 of the following table are recognized as reasonable and generally accepted practices of engaging in a commercial operation in relation to the commercial animals described in column 1 opposite the code of practice: