Northern Territory Numbered Acts

ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT 2018 (NO 25 OF 2018) - SECT 33

    (1)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     the person is in control of a greyhound; and

    (b)     the greyhound is used, may be used, or is intended to be used for greyhound racing and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance; and

    (c)     the person keeps an animal other than a greyhound on the same premises as the greyhound; and

    (d)     the other animal is a species used for the purpose of blooding a greyhound and the person is reckless in relation to that circumstance.

Maximum penalty:     100 penalty units.

    (2)     Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(a) and (c).

    (3)     Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is authorised by the CEO, in writing, to keep the other animal on the same premises as a greyhound.

Note for subsection (3)

The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned (see section 43BU of the Criminal Code).