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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1992 - SECT 53

Travelling zoos

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person conducts a travelling zoo; and

        (b)     the person does not have a permit to conduct the travelling zoo.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person conducts a travelling zoo using a prohibited animal.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if the person brings a prohibited animal into the ACT as part of a travelling zoo.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (4)     For subsection (3), it does not matter whether the animal is brought into the ACT for use in the travelling zoo.



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