Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 133

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person keeps an animal; and

        (b)     the animal is not an exempt animal.

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

Note     Exempt animal —see  s 154.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person keeps an animal; and

        (b)     the animal has special protection status; and

        (c)     the animal is not an exempt animal.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.

Note     Special protection status —see  s 109.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if—

        (a)     the animal is suffering from a disease, illness or injury; and

        (b)     the person keeps the animal to give it to—

              (i)     a conservation officer; or

              (ii)     a veterinary practitioner; or

              (iii)     someone licensed to keep the animal; and

        (c)     the person keeps the animal for not more than 48 hours.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (4)     A person also has the benefit of the chapter 6 exceptions for an offence against this section.

Note     The chapter 6 exceptions are set out in s 153.