Using or breeding animals without licence
25 Using or breeding animals without licence
A person commits an offence if the person—
uses or breeds an animal for research or teaching; and
the person does not have a licence to do so.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
This section does not apply to—
an authorisation holder, or a person assisting an authorisation holder; or
a person who uses or breeds an animal in the course of employment or engagement by a licensee; or
a person who uses an animal prescribed by regulation for teaching purposes in a preschool or primary school; or
an interstate researcher to whom section 49B (1) applies; or
a person who uses or breeds an animal in the course of employment or engagement by an interstate researcher to whom section 49B (1) applies.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Animal Welfare Regulation 2001 · under s 112
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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