New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

EXHIBITED ANIMALS PROTECTION REGULATION 2005 - REG 32

32 Acquisition and disposal of animals

The holder of an authority must not:

(a) acquire an animal for exhibition if the holder knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the transaction is with a person who, by acquiring, possessing or disposing of the animal, committed an offence under this Act or any of the following Acts:

(i) the Animal Research Act 1985 ,

(ii) the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 ,

(iii) the Non-Indigenous Animals Act 1987 ,

(iv) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 of the Commonwealth, or

(b) dispose of an exhibited animal to a person who the holder knows, or ought reasonably to know, by acquiring, possessing or disposing of the animal would commit an offence under any of those Acts, or

(c) except in the case of an animal listed in Schedule 4-without the consent of the Director-General, acquire an animal for exhibition or dispose of an exhibited animal.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.