Circuses
52 Circuses
A person commits an offence if—
the person conducts a circus; and
the circus has performing animals (but is not a travelling zoo); and
the person does not have a permit to conduct the circus.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
A person commits an offence if the person conducts a circus using a prohibited animal.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
A person commits an offence if the person brings a prohibited animal into the ACT as part of a circus troupe.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
For subsection (3), it does not matter whether the animal is brought into the ACT for use in the circus.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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