Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 106E

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     stops a person accompanied by an assistance animal entering or using a public place or public premises because of the animal; or

        (b)     stops an assistance animal entering a public place or public premises; or

        (c)     removes an assistance animal from a public place or public premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (3)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     a person accompanied by an accredited assistance animal (the accompanied person ) shows the person evidence the animal is an accredited assistance animal; and

        (b)     the person either—

              (i)     stops the accompanied person entering or using a public place or public premises because of the animal; or

              (ii)     stops the animal entering a public place or public premises; or

              (iii)     removes the animal from a public place or public premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (4)     A person commits an offence if the person imposes a fee or charge on the accompanied person for bringing the assistance animal onto or into a public place or public premises.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (5)     An offence against subsection (3) or (4) is a strict liability offence.