p42 s1 bill 240 b240 e 1.pdf

Ontario — Bills

1ST SESSION, 42ND LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO ELIZABETH II, 2020 Bill

An Act to amend the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 to prohibit non-essential cat declawing Ms M. Stiles Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading December 8, 2020 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent Bill 240

An Act to amend the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 to prohibit non-essential cat declawing Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1 The Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 is amended by adding the following section: Partial digital amputation of cats 17.1

(1) No person shall permit, cause, encourage, promote, arrange, conduct, assist in, receive a financial or material benefit for or take

part in the partial digital amputation of a cat unless a veterinarian providing veterinary care in accordance with the standards of practice established under the Veterinarians Act , or a person acting under the supervision of such a veterinarian, has determined that the partial digital amputation would not constitute a medically unnecessary veterinary surgery.

Definitions

(2) In this section, “medically unnecessary veterinary surgery ” means a veterinary surgery that is not required or is not in the animal’s overall best interest; (“acte chirurgical vétérinaire inutile sur le plan médical”) “partial digital amputation” means the surgical removal of the third phalanx of each digit on a cat’s front paws or front and rear paws. (“amputation partielle des doigts”) 2 Subsection 49 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause: (d.1)

section 17.1 (Partial digital amputation of cats); Commencement This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title The

short title of this Act is Teddy’s Law (Anti-Declawing), 2020. ______________ EXPLANATORY NOTE The Bill amends the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019 to add

section 17.1.

Section 17.1 prohibits the partial digital amputation of a cat unless a veterinarian, or a person working under the supervision of a veterinarian, has determined that the procedure would not constitute a medically unnecessary veterinary surgery.

Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	p42 s1 bill 240 b240 e 1.pdf
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p42 s1 bill 240 b240 e 1.pdf
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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