Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Notwithstanding
anything contained elsewhere in this Act or in any other Act, regulation,
local law or by-law a person who is blind or partially
blind —
(a) is
entitled to be accompanied by a dog bona fide used by him as a guide dog, in
any building or place open to or used by the public, for any purpose, or in
any public transport; and
(b) is
not guilty of an offence by reason only that he takes that dog into or permits
that dog to enter any building or place open to or used by the public or on
any public transport.
(2) The provisions of
subsection (1) shall also apply to any person who is bona fide engaged in
the training of a guide dog.
(3) The Minister may
in writing authorise a named person accompanied by a specified dog to enter
and be in any building or place open to or used by the public for any purpose,
or in any public transport, and, notwithstanding anything in this Act or any
other written law, a person acting in accordance with that authority is not
guilty of an offence by reason only that he takes that dog into or permits
that dog to enter any such building, place or transport.
(4) An authority under
subsection (3) may be given subject to such conditions and limitations as
the Minister thinks fit, and may at any time be amended or revoked by him.
[Section 8 amended by No. 23 of 1987
s. 8; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]