New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION ACT 1986 - SECT 37

37 Bonds

(1) The Director-General may, as a condition of the issue of a licence for a cetacea display establishment, require that an amount of money, not exceeding the prescribed amount, be deposited with the Director-General by the holder of the licence or that the holder enter into other prescribed arrangements securing the payment of money to the Director-General.

(2) The Director-General may use money deposited with the Director-General by the holder of a licence for a cetacea display establishment or secured under other prescribed arrangements to pay any expense incurred by the Director-General in caring for, rehabilitating or returning to its natural environment any dolphin or whale:

(a) placed in the care of the Director-General by the holder of the licence, or

(b) cared for by the Director-General as a consequence of the failure of the holder of the licence to care for the dolphin or whale in accordance with this Act or the regulations or the terms and conditions of the licence.

(3) Money deposited under this section as a condition of the issue of a licence and not liable to be applied in accordance with subsection (2) shall be refunded when the licence ceases to have effect.