Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 14

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person uses an item prescribed by regulation (a prohibited item ) on, or in relation to, an animal.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person possesses a prohibited item.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.

    (4)     Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person possesses a prohibited item—

        (a)     only for display; or

        (b)     as part of a collection that is not intended for use on, or in relation to, an animal.