DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 81
DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 81
(1) Despite this Act
or any other Act—
(a) a
person who is wholly or partially blind or deaf, or otherwise disabled, is
entitled to be accompanied by an accredited assistance dog in a public place
or public passenger vehicle; and
(b) the
occupier or person in charge of a public place or public passenger vehicle
must not refuse access to the place or vehicle to a person who is wholly or
partially blind or deaf, or otherwise disabled, on the ground that the person
is accompanied by an assistance dog.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
Expiation fee: $210.
(2) A person must not
claim that a dog is an assistance dog unless the dog—
(a) is
accredited as an assistance dog under section 21A; or
(b) is
an assistance animal (within the meaning of the Disability Discrimination
Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
Expiation fee: $210.