Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 33

33 Transporting dogs

(1) A driver must not transport a dog inside a vehicle if any part of the dog, other than its head, is able to protrude from the vehicle.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2) A driver must not transport a dog on the tray of a vehicle or on a trailer unless the dog is secured in such a way as to prevent it from—

(a) falling off, or out of, the tray or trailer; or

(b) moving off the tray or trailer; or

(c) being injured by the movement of the vehicle or trailer.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if—

(a) the dog is being transported on the tray of a vehicle or on a trailer; and

(b) the purpose of transporting the dog is to assist in the movement of livestock.