I hereby give notice that, under section 75 of the Animal Welfare Act 1999, the Code of Welfare: Temporary Housing of Companion Animals is issued and comes into effect on 1 October 2018.

The Code is 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.