Animal Welfare (Pig Industry) Regulations 2010

In this regulation —

any procedure that results in the sterilization of the pig, including vasectomy or castration;

tusk trimming of the pig;

nose ringing of the pig;

destruction of the pig;

administration to the pig of a veterinary product (including a drug, vaccine or other substance) whether by injection, orally or topically;

diagnosis of pregnancy of the pig;

docking of the pig’s tail;

clipping of the pig’s needle teeth;

measurement of the pig’s backfat;

application to the pig of identification marks, tags or chips.

A person in charge of a pig must ensure that —

any significant husbandry procedure is carried out in relation to the pig only by a suitably qualified person or by a person acting under the direct supervision of a suitably qualified person; and

any simple husbandry procedure is carried out in relation to the pig only by a suitably qualified person or by a person acting under the supervision (whether or not direct supervision) of a suitably qualified person.

However, subregulation (2) does not apply in relation to the destruction of a pig if, due to urgent circumstances —

the services of a suitably qualified person are not reasonably available; and

the destruction of the pig is necessary in order to prevent undue suffering by the pig.

A person in charge of a pig must ensure that a vasectomy or surgical castration is not performed on a pig over 21 days of age unless —

the pig is anaesthetised; and

the procedure is carried out by a veterinarian.

A person in charge of a pig must ensure that a pig with an incurable disease, an untreatable injury or a painful deformity is —

provided with care from a veterinarian; or

humanely destroyed.

For the purposes of subregulation (5)(b), the method by which a pig is humanely destroyed must cause the sudden unconsciousness of the pig with death occurring while the pig is unconscious.

This regulation is in addition to, and does not derogate from any of the following —

the Veterinary Practice Act 2021;

the Veterinary Chemical Control and Animal Feeding Stuffs Act 1976;

the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.