Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person:
(a) takes an animal into a public area; or
(b) permits an animal that is not wildlife to enter a public area.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) This by‑law does not apply to the taking of an animal into a public area if:
(a) the animal is a guide dog or other animal trained to assist a person to alleviate the effect of a visual, hearing or other disability; and
(b) the person taking the animal into the public area is a person who has a disability of the kind the animal is trained to alleviate.
(3) It is a defence if the person had the written consent of the commanding officer or a ranger for the relevant conduct.
Note A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in sub‑by‑law (3) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code ).
(4) In a prosecution for an offence against this by‑law, evidence that a person had an animal in his or her possession in a public area is evidence that the person intentionally took the animal into, or intentionally permitted the animal to enter, the public area.