I hereby give notice that, under section 76 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999, minor amendments have been made to a number of codes of welfare and consequently the following codes of welfare have been re-issued:

Code of Welfare: Circuses

Code of Welfare: Deer

Code of Welfare: Dogs

Code of Welfare: Goats

Code of Welfare: Layer Hens

Code of Welfare: Llamas and Alpacas

Code of Welfare: Meat Chickens

Code of Welfare: Painful Husbandry Procedures

Code of Welfare: Pigs

Code of Welfare: Companion Cats

Code of Welfare: Zoos

Code of Welfare: Commercial Slaughter

Code of Welfare: Dairy Cattle

Code of Welfare: Horses and Donkeys

Code of Welfare: Rodeos

Code of Welfare: Sheep and Beef Cattle

Code of Welfare: Transport within New Zealand

This notice revokes the following codes of welfare:

Animal Welfare (Circuses) Code of Welfare 2005

Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007

Animal Welfare (Dogs) Code of Welfare 2010

Animal Welfare (Goats) Code of Welfare 2012

Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2012

Animal Welfare (Llamas and Alpacas) Code of Welfare 2013

Animal Welfare (Meat Chickens) Code of Welfare 2012

Animal Welfare (Painful Husbandry Procedures) Code of Welfare 2005

Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2010

Animal Welfare (Companion Cats) Code of Welfare 2007

Animal Welfare (Zoos) Code of Welfare 2005

Code of Welfare: Commercial Slaughter 2016

Code of Welfare: Dairy Cattle 2016

Code of Welfare: Horses and Donkeys 2016

Code of Welfare: Rodeos 2014

Code of Welfare: Sheep and Beef Cattle 2016

Code of Welfare: Transport within New Zealand 2016

This notice also revokes the following New Zealand Gazette notices as the relevant amendments have been incorporated into the Code of Welfare: Commercial Slaughter and the Code of Welfare: Layer Hens:

• Inclusion of a Further Minimum Standard in the Animal Welfare (Commercial Slaughter) Code of Welfare 2010 (Notice No. 1702), published in the New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 2010, No. 173, page 4249.
• Issue of Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2012, Amendment Notice 2013 (Notice No. MPI 255), published in the New Zealand Gazette, 19 December 2013, No. 172, page 4709.

This notice takes effect on 1 October 2018.

The Codes are available for inspection free of charge from the Ministry for Primary Industries website, www.mpi.govt.nz, and for purchase at the following address: Animal Welfare Team, Regulation and Assurance Branch, Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace (PO Box 2526), Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of September 2018.

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR, Minister of Agriculture.