Prohibition on keeping certain animals on premises where greyhounds are kept etc
41 Prohibition on keeping certain animals on premises where greyhounds are kept etc
A person must not, on any premises at or on which greyhounds are kept, trialled, trained or raced, keep any animal that is reasonably capable of being used as a lure in connection with the trialling, training or racing of greyhounds.
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in the case of an individual.
The Commission may, on application by any person, make an order (an exemption order) authorising the person to keep an animal of the kind specified in the order.
An exemption order may not specify possums or rabbits.
A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) in relation to the keeping of an animal that the person is authorised to keep under an exemption order.
In this section—
animal includes the carcass, or the skin or any other part, of an animal.
keep an animal includes having possession or control of the animal.
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