Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 2000 - SECT 72

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is a keeper or carer of a dog or cat; and

        (b)     breeds a litter from the dog or cat; and

        (c)     does not hold a breeding licence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is a keeper, person in day-to-day control of or carer of a female greyhound; and

        (b)     breeds a litter from the greyhound; and

        (c)     does not hold a breeding licence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not apply if the litter was not bred for the purpose of greyhound racing.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).

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