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South Australia
Animal Welfare (Jumps Racing) Amendment
Bill 2011
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Animal
Welfare Act 1985.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short
title
2Commencement
3Amendment
provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Animal Welfare
Act 1985
4Insertion of
section 14A
14AJumps
racing prohibited
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Animal Welfare (Jumps Racing) Amendment
Act 2011.
This Act will come into operation 1 year after the day on which it is
assented to by the Governor.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Animal Welfare
Act 1985
After section 14 insert:
14A—Jumps racing prohibited
(1) A person must not organise, promote or participate in, or participate
in organising or promoting, jumps racing.
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) In this section—
jumps racing means a steeplechase or hurdle race involving
the racing of horses.