Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL MANAGEMENT (CATS AND DOGS) ACT 2008 - SECT 43Y

43Y Supplier must ensure cat or dog is implanted

(1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, supply a cat or dog to anyone else if it is not implanted with a PPID.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) It is not a reasonable excuse for subsection (1) that the cat or dog is less than 8 weeks old.

Note—

See section 24 for restrictions on implanting a PPID in a cat or dog that is less than 8 weeks old.

(3) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) relating to the supply of a cat, it is a defence for the defendant to prove that, when the cat was supplied—

(a) the cat was at least 8 weeks old; and

(b) there was a veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the cat.

(4) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) relating to the supply of a dog, it is a defence for the defendant to prove—

(a) when the dog was supplied—

(i) the dog was at least 8 weeks old; and

(ii) there was a veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the dog; and

(iii) the defendant gave the person to whom the dog was supplied a copy of the veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the dog; or

(b) the supply of the dog was to use it—

(i) as a government entity dog; or

(ii) as a working dog; or

(iii) for another purpose prescribed by regulation.

(5) In this section—

"veterinary surgeon’s certificate" , for a cat or dog, means a certificate signed by a veterinary surgeon stating that implanting the cat or dog with a PPID is likely to be a serious risk to the health of the cat or dog.