Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 28

28 Restriction on supplying debarked dog

(1) A person (a
"supplier" ) must not supply another person a dog that the supplier knows has had a debarking operation performed on it unless the supplier gives the other person a signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate stating that the operation was performed in accordance with section 25 (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the dog was abandoned; and

(b) the supplier is surrendering the dog to a pound or animal shelter.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) a pound or animal shelter takes possession of a dog that has had a debarking procedure performed on it before the pound or animal shelter took possession of the dog; and

(b) the pound or animal shelter is not given a veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the dog as stated in subsection (1) .

(4) The pound or animal shelter must not supply a person with the dog unless the pound or animal shelter gives the person a certificate stating that the dog had the debarking procedure performed on it before the pound or animal shelter took possession of the dog.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(5) Subsection (6) applies to a person who is supplied a dog—

(a) by a person in accordance with subsection (1) ; or

(b) by a pound or animal shelter in accordance with subsection (4) .

(6) The person (an
"on-supplier" ) must not on-supply the dog to another person unless the on-supplier gives the other person—

(a) the signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate given for the dog under subsection (1) ; or

(b) the certificate given for the dog under subsection (4) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.