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Volume 58, No. 14

132/2015

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 14, 2015

B.C. Reg. 132/2015 , deposited July 9, 2015, under the PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT [section 26 (2) (

l) and (3) (c) (ii)]. Order in Council 366/2015, approved and ordered July 9, 2015.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the attached Dairy Cattle Regulation is made.

— N. LETNICK, Minister of Agriculture ; S. CADIEUX, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

DAIRY CATTLE REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

“Act” means the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act ;

“dairy cattle” means the following:

(

a) a bull that is

(

i) aged 6 months or older, and

(ii) kept for the purpose of breeding with the cows referred to in paragraph (c);

(

b) a calf of a cow referred to in paragraph (c), if the calf is aged less than 6 months old;

(

c) a cow that is

(

i) aged 6 months or older, and

(ii) kept for the purpose of producing milk for human consumption, whether or not the cow is lactating;

“dairy farming” means the keeping and use of dairy cattle, whether or not a certificate has been issued under the Milk Industry Act in respect of the farm at which the dairy cattle are kept and used.

Code sets out generally accepted practices

2 The requirements and recommended best practices contained in the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle, as produced by the National Farm Animal Care Council and published in 2009, are recognized as reasonable and generally accepted practices of dairy farming for the purposes of

section 24.02 (

c) of the Act.

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