PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 8
Animals to be provided with food, drink or shelter
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 8
Animals to be provided with food, drink or shelter
8 Animals to be provided with food, drink or shelter
(1) A person in charge
of an animal shall not fail to provide the animal with food, drink or shelter,
or any of them, which, in each case, is proper and sufficient and which it is
reasonably practicable in the circumstances for the person to provide.
:
Maximum penalty--
(a) for a corporation--750 penalty units, or
(b) for an
individual--150 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) In
any proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), evidence that an animal
was not provided with clean water during a period of 24 hours is evidence that
the person accused of the offence has failed to provide the animal with proper
and sufficient drink during that period.
(3) In any proceedings for an
offence against subsection (1), evidence that an animal was not provided with
food or shelter during a period of 24 hours (or, in the case of an animal of a
class prescribed by the regulations, during the period prescribed for that
class of animal) is evidence that the person accused of the offence has failed
to provide the animal with proper and sufficient food or shelter during that
period.
(4) Before commencing proceedings for an offence against subsection
(1) in respect of a stock animal depastured on rateable land (within the
meaning of the Local Land Services Act 2013 ), the prosecution must obtain
advice from Local Land Services about the state of the animal (if practicable)
and the appropriate care for it.
(5) The prosecution may, with leave of the
court granted in such circumstances as the court considers just, commence or
continue proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), despite having
failed to comply with subsection (4).
