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in the name of scientific research: so, no. On cultural and recreational activities, again, there are cockfighting and bullfighting and many cultural and recreational activities which I would not want to see excused by this.

So I think that the objects of the bill should stay as they are, without being seen to be limited by this list of activities, all of which at some stage have been involved with animal cruelty.

Amendment negatived.

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (11.48): My amendment No 2 is pursuant to the previous amendment, so I will not be moving it.

Clause 4 agreed to.

Clause 5 agreed to.

Clause 6.

MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Community Services and Facilities, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Roads) (11.48), by leave: I move amendments Nos 3 and 4 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 4002].

Amendment 3 is a technical amendment to clarify the definition of “confine”. It defines it as enclosing an animal in a pen, vehicle, cage, box, or other container or small space to otherwise restrict freedom of movement. This would ensure that the reader understands the meaning of the word “confine”, which means enclosing in a way that severely restricts movement.

Amendment 4 makes a minor grammatical correction to clause 6, to the word “hygiene”.

Amendments agreed to.

Clause 6, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 7 to 10, by leave, taken together and agreed to.

Clause 11.

MR STEEL (Murrumbidgee—Minister for City Services, Minister for Community Services and Facilities, Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Minister for Roads) (11.50), by leave: I move amendments Nos 5 to 7 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 4003].

Amendment 5 makes a minor amendment to make this provision consistent with the rest of the bill to include death, so that clause 11 in relation to unlawful confinement


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