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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 18

Rodeos and game parks

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person conducts or takes part in a rodeo.

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

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person promotes or conducts a game park.

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

    (3)     In this section:

"game park" means premises where—

        (a)     animals other than fish are confined; and

        (b)     the taking and killing of those animals as a sport or recreation is permitted on payment of a fee or other consideration.

"take", in relation to an animal, includes hunt, shoot, poison, net, snare, spear, pursue, capture and injure the animal.



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