New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 52A

52A Prohibition on selling dangerous or menacing dog or proposed dangerous or menacing dog

(1) A person who sells, or advertises the sale of, a dangerous or menacing dog or proposed dangerous or menacing dog is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--150 penalty units.

Note--: The term "sell" extends to the transfer of owner by any means, including by gift.
Abandoning an animal is also an offence--see section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 .

(2) A person does not commit an offence under this section by reason only of surrendering a dangerous or menacing dog or proposed dangerous or menacing dog to a council pound or an approved animal welfare organisation.

Note--: A dangerous or menacing dog that is surrendered to a council pound or an approved animal welfare organisation cannot be sold.

(3) In this section and in section 52B,
"proposed dangerous or menacing dog" means a dog that is the subject of a proposed declaration under Division 1.