New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 34AA

34AA Authority to prosecute

(1) Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations may be instituted only by:

(a) an approved charitable organisation, or

(b) an inspector within the meaning of Division 2 of Part 2A, other than a police officer, or

(c) a police officer, or

(d) the Minister or the Director-General, or

(e) a person with the written consent of the Minister or that Director-General, or

(f) any other person or body prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of this section.

(2) In proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations, a consent to institute the proceedings, purporting to have been signed by the Minister or the Director-General, is evidence of that consent without proof of the signature of the Minister or Director-General.