ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 32A
ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 32A
32A—Court orders on finding of guilt etc
(1) A court may, on
finding a person guilty of an offence against this Act or on declaring a
person charged with an offence against this Act liable to supervision under
Part 8A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 , make 1 or more
of the following orders:
(aa) an
order requiring the person to care for any animal owned by the person (whether
or not the subject of the offence) in accordance with the conditions of the
order (which may include a condition that the care of any such animal be
supervised or monitored by an inspector), either until further order, or for
the period specified in the order;
(a) an
order directing the person to surrender an animal that is owned by the person
and is the subject of the offence to an inspector;
(b) an
order directing the person to surrender any other specified animal owned by
the person to an inspector;
(c) an
order directing that any animal owned by the person that has been surrendered
or seized under this Act be forfeited to the Crown;
(d) an
order forbidding the person to acquire, or have custody of, any other animal
or any other animal of a specified class, either until further order, or for
the period specified in the order;
(e) an
order forfeiting to the Crown an object that is the property of the person and
is the subject of the offence or used by the person in the commission of the
offence.
(2) A person in
relation to whom an order under subsection (1) is in force must comply
with the order.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(3) The Minister may
sell, destroy or otherwise dispose of an animal or object that has been
forfeited to the Crown.