Steel-jawed traps and prohibited traps
60 Steel-jawed traps and prohibited traps
A person commits an offence if—
the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap; and
an animal is killed or injured by the trap.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
A person commits an offence if the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if the person possesses a steel-jawed trap or prohibited trap.
Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to the possession of a trap kept only—
for the purpose of display; or
as a curio or part of a collection.
In this section:
prohibited trap means a trap prescribed by regulation for this section.
steel-jawed trap means an animal trap fitted with metal jaws, a pressure plate and a spring-operated mechanism, designed so the metal jaws close against each other when the trap is activated by the application of weight to the pressure plate.
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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