Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 39D

    (1)     A person must not keep—

        (a)     an unregistered racing greyhound; or

        (b)     a registered racing greyhound if the person is not the registered keeper or licensed racing greyhound controller in relation to the greyhound.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if—

        (a)     the dog is kept by the person for less than 28 days; or

        (b)     the person has been resident in the ACT for less than 28 days.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.