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Carol Eastley
Cloudforest Bernese
Tasmania

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"The Animals Legislation (Animal Care) Bill has been released by the
Minister for Agriculture, the Hon Jo Helper MLA, in his second reading
speech on 11 Oct 2007."

In amongst all the changes was amendments to be made to other Bills of
Parliament namely the AMENDMENTS TO THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT
1986

15C Breeding of animals with heritable defects
(1) A person must not, intentionally or recklessly, allow an animal with a
heritable defect to breed.
Penalty: 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person.
300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(2) A person must not sell or dispose of an animal with a heritable defect,
if the person knows or is reckless as to whether the animal has a heritable
defect, unless the person who sells or disposes of the animal advises the
person to whom the animal is sold or disposed of (before the sale or
disposal) that the animal has the heritable defect.
Penalty: 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person.
300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(3) In this section-
heritable defect, in relation to a species of animal set out in Column 1 of
the Table in the Schedule, means a heritable defect that is known to cause
the disease set out opposite the species of animal in Column 2 of the Table
in the Schedule.".

FURTHER AMENDMENT OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1986
For the Schedule to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986
substitute-
"SCHEDULE
Section 15C
TABLE OF DISEASES CAUSED BY HERITABLE DEFECTS
Column 1
Species Column 2
Disease
Dogs Von Willebrand's Disease (VWD)
Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL)
Collie Eye Anamoly (CEA/CH)
Hereditary Cataract (HC)
Cats Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
Mutations causing aplasia or hypoplasia of any long bone
Folded ears due to osteochondrodysplasia
.".

Mutations causing aplasia or hypoplasia of any long bone
Folded ears due to osteochondrodysplasia
.".
The link to the legislation is:
http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/W...a256da400837f6b