Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 6G

    (1)     A person in charge of an animal commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     abandons the animal; and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     knows no other person is able to care for, and consents to caring for, the animal; or

              (ii)     is reckless about whether another person is able to care for, and consents to caring for, the animal.

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

    (2)     A person in charge of an animal commits an offence if the person abandons the animal.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

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