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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 14

Spurs

    (1)     A person must not use spurs with sharpened or fixed rowels on an animal.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     A person must not possess—

        (a)     a spur or similar device with sharpened or fixed rowels; or

        (b)     a cockfighting spur cap.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.

    (4)     Subsection (2) does not apply to the possession of a spur, device or cockfighting spur cap kept only—

        (a)     for the purpose of display; or

        (b)     as a curio or part of a collection.



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