s 62 Power to make regulations
(1) The Minister may, after consulting the Board, make such regulations as may be expedient or necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made for the following purposes: (a) to prescribe all matters relating to subsection 24(1); (b) to prescribe all matters relating to the handling of animals; (c) to prescribe all matters relating to animals used in research, testing or teaching; (d) to prescribe all matters relating to the managing and up keeping of the experimental, rescued, rehabilitated and captured animals; (e) to prescribe matters relating to the maximum load, including any load occasioned by the weight of passengers, to be carried or drawn by any animal; (f) to prescribe all matters relating to the precautions to be taken in the transport of animals whether by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air and in the cages or other receptacles or any manner in which the animal may be so transported; (g) to prescribe all matters relating to the handling of animals prior to the slaughter and the process of slaughtering; (h) to prescribe all matters relating to the training, housing, upkeep, exhibition, display or depiction of performing animal or the breeding or sale of animals; (i) to prescribe all matters relating to licensing; (j) to prescribe the fees payable under this Act; (k) to prescribe the offences which may be compounded; (l) to prescribe all matters relating to the costs which are recoverable under this Act and any of its subsidiary legislation, the amounts of those costs or the method by which they are to be assessed, the persons liable for payment of the costs and the circumstances in which the recovery of costs may be remitted or waived in whole or in part; (m) to prescribe all matters relating to the qualifications, experiences, conduct and duties of the animal welfare officer and voluntary animal welfare assistant; (n) to prescribe all matters relating to improvement notices; (o) to prescribe all matters relating to accepted veterinary management procedures; (p) to regulate training providers or its organization in the field of animal welfare including the training modules; and (q) to provide for such other matters as are contemplated by, or necessary for giving full effect to, the provisions of this Act and their due administration. (3) The regulations made under this section may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not more than ten thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not more than two years or both for such offence.