Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person sets a trap with the intention of catching an animal.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) This section does not apply to a trapping permit-holder.
(3) This section does not apply in relation to a trap set on premises, other than in relation to a commercial trapping operation—
(a) by the occupier of the premises; or
(b) by an employee, agent or relative of the occupier of the premises; or
(c) if a person has the written permission of the occupier of the premises to set the trap on the premises—by the person; or
(d) if a person has the written permission of an employee or agent of the occupier of the premises to set the trap on the premises—by the person; or
(e) by a person, if—
(i) the person has the written permission of a relative of the occupier of the premises to set the trap on the premises; and
(ii) the relative has the written permission of the occupier of the premises to give the permission mentioned in subparagraph (i).