Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 689

689 Particular provision about handling animals in the possession of the police service

(1) This section applies to a relevant thing that is in the possession of the police service if the relevant thing is an animal.

(2) The police service must handle the animal in an efficient, safe and accountable way including by keeping the animal in a way that has appropriate regard to—

(a) the animal’s welfare and the welfare of other animals in the possession of the police service at the place where the animal is kept; and

(b) relevant animal husbandry practices.

(3) In this section—

"animal" , includes offspring of an animal, born while the animal is in the possession of the police service.