New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 76

76 Interfering with identification of animal

(1) A person must not remove, alter or otherwise interfere with any marking on or implant in a companion animal by means of which information about the identification of the animal is ascertained.

Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply to anything done in connection with the proper veterinary treatment of an animal by or under the immediate supervision of a veterinary practitioner.