(1) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) uses or breeds an animal for research or teaching; and
(b) the person does not have a licence to do so.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) This section does not apply to—
(a) an authorisation holder, or a person assisting an authorisation holder; or
(b) a person who uses or breeds an animal in the course of employment or engagement by a licensee; or
(c) a person who uses an animal prescribed by regulation for teaching purposes in a preschool or primary school; or
(d) an interstate researcher to whom section 49B (1) applies; or
(e) a person who uses or breeds an animal in the course of
employment or engagement by an interstate researcher to whom section 49B (1)
applies.