Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person lays a poison with the intention of killing or injuring a domestic or native animal.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person lays a poison; and
(b) the person is reckless about causing the death of, or injury to, a domestic or native animal; and
(c) the poison causes the death of, or injury to, a domestic or native animal.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(3) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person lays a poison; and
(b) there is a reasonable likelihood that the poison will kill or injure a domestic or native animal.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.
(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) if the defendant proves that the defendant took all reasonable steps to avoid death or injury to domestic and native animals.