Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 214

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

              (i)     takes an animal that is not a native animal into a reserve; or

              (ii)     allows an animal that is not a native animal to enter, or remain in, a reserve; and

        (b)     the person is the animal's keeper.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

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

    (3)     This section does not apply if—

        (a)     the person only travels through the reserve by road in a motor vehicle with the animal; and

        (b)     the animal is confined in the motor vehicle while in the reserve.

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

, s 58).

    (4)     A person has the benefit of the chapter 9 exceptions for an offence against this section.

Note 1     The chapter 9 exceptions are set out in s 252.

Note 2     A person does not commit an offence only because the person is accompanied by an assistance animal and takes, or allows, the animal into any part of a reserve that is a public place or public premises (see Domestic Animals Act 2000

, s 106C).