Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 72M

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

        (a)     is a keeper, person in day-to-day control of or carer of a female greyhound; and

        (b)     breeds a litter from the greyhound; and

        (c)     does not tell the registrar, in writing, all of the following within 7 days after the day the litter was bred:

              (i)     the number of puppies born;

              (ii)     the sex of each puppy;

              (iii)     anything else prescribed by regulation.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

Note     The owning and keeping of racing greyhounds in the ACT is regulated under division 2.4A (Racing greyhounds). A person commits an offence if the person conducts or takes part in greyhound racing in the ACT—see the Animal Welfare Act 1992

, s 18A.