New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 20D

20D Straying stock

(1) If stock are found straying within or out of a quarantine area or within a protected area or a protected (control) area, the owner of the stock and the person from whose charge the stock strayed are both guilty of an offence.

(2) If infected stock are found straying anywhere, the owner of the stock and the person from whose charge the stock strayed are both guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against this section if the defendant proves that all reasonable precautions were taken to prevent the stock from straying.