New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 7

7 Carriage and conveyance of animals

(1) A person shall not:

(a) carry or convey an animal, or

(b) where the person is a person in charge of an animal-authorise the carriage or conveyance of the animal,

in a manner which unreasonably, unnecessarily or unjustifiably inflicts pain upon the animal.

Maximum penalty: 250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a person shall not:

(a) carry or convey a horse on a multi-deck vehicle, or

(b) where the person is a person in charge of the horse-authorise the carriage or conveyance of a horse on a multi-deck vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.

(2A) Without limiting subsection (1), a person must not carry or convey a dog (other than a dog being used to work livestock), on the open back of a moving vehicle on a public street unless the dog is restrained or enclosed in such a way as to prevent the dog falling from the vehicle.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(3) In this section:
"multi-deck vehicle" means a motor vehicle or a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle that:

(a) is used to carry or convey animals, and

(b) on which animals are carried or conveyed in two or more layered sections.