New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NON-INDIGENOUS ANIMALS ACT 1987 - SECT 13

13 Release or escape of animals

(1) A person who:

(a) liberates from confinement, anywhere in New South Wales, an animal belonging to a higher-risk category, or

(b) wilfully or negligently permits the escape of any such animal kept by the person or of which the person is in charge,

is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) A person who:

(a) liberates from confinement, anywhere in New South Wales, an animal belonging to a lower-risk category, or

(b) wilfully or negligently permits the escape of any such animal kept by the person or of which the person is in charge,

is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3) A person:

(a) from whose keeping an animal belonging to a controlled category has escaped, or

(b) who was in charge of such an animal immediately before it escaped,

and who does not take all reasonable steps to cause a report of the escape to be promptly given to the Director-General or a prescribed officer is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.