New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 52A

52A Prohibition on selling dangerous dog or proposed dangerous dog

(1) A person who sells, or advertises the sale of, a dangerous dog or proposed dangerous dog is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 150 penalty units.

Note: The term “sell” extends to the transfer of owner by any means, including by gift.
Abandoning an animal is also an offence-see section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 .

(2) A person does not commit an offence under this section by reason only of surrendering a dangerous dog or proposed dangerous dog to a council pound or an approved animal welfare organisation.

Note: A dangerous dog that is surrendered to a council pound or an approved animal welfare organisation cannot be sold.

(3) In this section and in section 52B, "proposed dangerous dog" means a dog that is the subject of a proposed declaration under Division 1.