18A
In forceGreyhound racing
Part 2Animal welfare offences
18A Greyhound racing
(1)
A person commits an offence if the person—
(a)
conducts, or facilitates the conduct of, a greyhound race in the ACT; or
(b)
allows a greyhound kept by the person to take part in a greyhound race conducted in the ACT.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
Note
The owning and keeping of racing greyhounds is regulated under the Domestic Animals Act 2000, div 2.4A.
(2)
In this section:
greyhound race means 1 or more greyhounds racing in competitive pursuit, and includes—
(a)
a greyhound trial or training race; and
(b)
racing in a test of speed of 1 or more racing greyhounds.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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