Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person must not allow an animal nuisance.
Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.
(2) If the keeper of an animal is convicted or found guilty of an offence against this section, the court may order the registrar to return the animal to its keeper, or to destroy or sell the animal or otherwise dispose of it to a person other than its keeper or a person who lives with its keeper.
(3) The court may order the keeper of an animal sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of to pay the costs or expenses of the sale, destruction or disposal.