New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 18

18 Approval of erection of animal display establishment

(1) A person shall not erect an animal display establishment of a prescribed class or convert any premises into any such establishment unless the erection of the establishment or the conversion of the premises has been approved by the Director-General.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) A person may apply for the approval of the Director-General of the erection of, or conversion of premises into, a proposed animal display establishment of a prescribed class.

(3) Approval for the erection of, or conversion of premises into, an animal display establishment of a prescribed class shall not be issued unless the Director-General is satisfied that the animal display establishment will, when completed, conform to and be conducted in accordance with the standards prescribed in respect of that class of animal display establishment under section 14.

(4) An appropriate licence shall be issued in respect of an animal display establishment completed in accordance with an approval granted under this section.

(5) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) if the person satisfies the court that erection or conversion of the establishment to which the alleged offence relates was substantially commenced before the establishment became an animal display establishment of a prescribed class.