South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) In this
Part—
"accredited assistance dog" means—
(a) a
dog accredited as an assistance dog under section 21 of the
Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 ; or
(b) a
dog accredited as an assistance dog (however described) under a law of a State
or Territory that provides for the accreditation of animals trained to assist
a person with a disability to alleviate the effect of the disability;
"correctional services dog" has the same meaning as in the
Correctional Services Act 1982 ;
"harm" means physical harm (whether temporary or permanent) but does not
include mental harm;
"police dog" means a dog (including a drug detection dog within the meaning of
the Controlled Substances Act 1984 ) that—
(a) has
completed training of a kind approved by the Commissioner of Police; and
(b) is
used by, or to assist, police officers in the performance of their official
duties and functions;
"police horse" means a horse that—
(a) has
completed training of a kind approved by the Commissioner of Police; and
(b) is
used by, or to assist, police officers in the performance of their official
duties and functions;
"serious harm", in relation to a working animal, means—
(a) harm
that endangers the animal's life; or
(b) harm
that results in the animal being so severely injured, so diseased or in such
physical condition that it would be cruel not to destroy the animal; or
(c) harm
that consists of, or results in, serious and protracted impairment of a
physical or mental function of the animal; or
(d) harm
that results in the animal being unable to satisfactorily perform its
working function;
"working animal" means—
(a) a
police dog; or
(b) a
police horse; or
(c) a
correctional services dog; or
(d) an
accredited assistance dog;
"working function", of a working animal, means the function or functions for
which the animal has been trained and is ordinarily used (whether or not the
working animal also performs other functions).
(2) Without limiting
section 370, regulations made for the purposes of this Part may—
(a) make
provision for or relating to facilitation of proof of the commission of
offences against the Part;
(b) be
of general application or vary in their application according to prescribed
factors;
(c)
provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is
to be determined according to the discretion of the Minister or a specified
person or body.