Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010

In these regulations —

is a veterinarian; or

holds a tertiary qualification in the field of agriculture or veterinary science; or

holds a Certificate III in Agriculture (Pork Production) from a college as defined in the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 section 5(1); or

holds a qualification that in the opinion of the CEO is equivalent to the qualification referred to in paragraph (c); or

has, during a period of at least 12 months, been responsible for the care of pigs in a business in which pigs are kept, or used, for commercial purposes and which has had in place during that period a herd health programme.

A person is to be taken to have been responsible for the care of pigs for the purposes of subregulation (1)(e) of the definition of suitably qualified person, if the person has, during the period referred to in that paragraph, had training and experience in all of the following —

moving and handling pigs;

inspecting and assessing the health and wellbeing of pigs;

implementing a herd health programme in relation to pigs;

keeping and maintaining records relating to the matters set out in paragraphs (b) and (c);

all simple husbandry procedures, as defined in regulation 8(1);

the destruction of a pig that was necessary in order to prevent undue suffering by the pig.