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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 14A

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 14A

14A—Possession of certain items prohibited

        (1)         A person must not, without the approval of the Minister, have in his or her possession or control—

            (a)         a cock-fighting spur; or

            (b)         an implement, article or other thing made or adapted for attachment to an animal—

                  (i)         for the purpose of training the animal to fight another animal; or

                  (ii)         for the purpose of inciting or assisting the animal to fight another animal or to inflict injury on another animal during a fight; or

                  (iii)         for the purpose of protecting the animal in a fight with another animal; or

            (c)         a drug (not being a drug supplied on the prescription of, and given to an animal in accordance with the directions of, a veterinary surgeon) to be administered to an animal for the purpose of inciting or assisting the animal to fight another animal, or to inflict injury on another animal during a fight; or

            (d)         a lure or bait (however described) consisting of or including the carcass or any part of an animal and used, or intended to be used, for the purpose of live baiting (within the meaning of section 14).

Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), a reference to a part of an animal does not include a reference to a part of an animal that has been processed such that it no longer resembles a part of the relevant kind.

Note—

For example, the skin of an animal which has been processed into a leather product.