Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

SYDNEY HARBOUR FEDERATION TRUST REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 14

         (1)   A person must not cause or allow an animal owned by, or in the charge of, the person, to enter or remain on Trust land.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

         (2)   Subregulation (1) does not apply to an assistance animal that:

                (a)    is used by a person with a disability; and

               (b)    is at all times restrained on a lead or by other reasonable means.

Note    A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subregulation (2) (see subsection 13.3 (3) of the Criminal Code ).

         (3)   A person who, in accordance with a permit or other authority under these Regulations, brings an animal onto Trust land or has charge of an animal on Trust land, must not:

                (a)    allow the animal to be at large; or

               (b)    fail to remove the animal from the Trust land:

                          (i)    if the person lives on the Trust land -- when the person ceases to live there; or

                         (ii)    in any other case -- when the person leaves the Trust land.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

         (4)   An offence against subregulation (1) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.

Note 1    For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Note 2    For general circumstances in which an activity will not constitute an offence, see regulation 23.