New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 16

16 Certain electrical devices not to be used upon animals

(1) In this section--

"electrical device" means a device of a type prescribed by the regulations.

"sell" includes--

(a) auction or exchange,

(b) offer, expose, supply or receive for sale, and

(c) send, forward or deliver for sale or on sale.

(2) A person shall not--

(a) use an electrical device upon an animal,

(b) sell any electrical device, or

(c) have in his or her possession or custody any electrical device.

: Maximum penalty--250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents a person from--

(a) using an electrical device upon an animal belonging to a prescribed species, or

(b) selling or having in his or her possession or custody an electrical device for use upon an animal belonging to a prescribed species.