Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person causes an animal unnecessary pain.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) A person in charge of an animal commits an offence if the person—
(a) fails to provide it with appropriate, and adequate, food, water, shelter or exercise; or
(b) fails to take reasonable steps (including, if appropriate, seeking veterinary treatment) to alleviate any pain suffered by the animal; or
(c) abandons the animal; or
(d) neglects the animal in a way that causes it pain; or
(e) kills the animal in a way that causes it unnecessary pain.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.