New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 57A

57A Prohibition on selling restricted dog or proposed restricted dog

(1) A person who sells, or advertises the sale of, a restricted dog or proposed restricted dog is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--150 penalty units.

Note : The term "sell" extends to the transfer of owner by any means, including by gift.
Abandoning an animal is also an offence--see section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 .

(2) A person does not commit an offence under this section by reason only of surrendering a dog to a council pound or an approved animal welfare organisation.

Note : A restricted dog that is surrendered to a council pound or an approved animal welfare organisation cannot be sold.