New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL RESEARCH ACT 1985 - SECT 48

48 Unlawfully supplying animals for use in connection with animal research

(1) A person shall not supply animals (other than exempt animals) for use in connection with animal research unless the person is the holder of an animal supplier’s licence.

Maximum penalty: 160 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, in the case of an individual.

(2) The holder of an animal supplier’s licence shall not supply animals for use in connection with animal research otherwise than as authorised by the licence.

Maximum penalty: 160 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 30 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both, in the case of an individual.

(3) In proceedings for an offence against this section, it is to be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary adduced by the person charged with the offence, that a person who obtained, bred, nurtured or kept animals (other than exempt animals) did so for the purpose of their being supplied for use in connection with animal research if it is proved that the person was receiving or was about to receive any fee or reward for the supply of animals for use in connection with animal research.