ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 84

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 - SECT 84

84 .         Breach of code of practice not sufficient to prove cruelty

                Where a person is charged with an offence under Part 3 Division 3 the fact that the person has failed to act in accordance with a relevant code of practice —

            (a)         must be taken into consideration by the court; but

            (b)         is not sufficient, on its own, to prove that the person committed the offence.

        [Section 84 amended: No. 35 of 2018 s. 9.]