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CurrentRequirement to ensure rats or mice do not live or breed on land around dwelling
25 Requirement to ensure rats or mice do not live or breed on land around dwelling
(1)
A relevant person for land around a dwelling must ensure—
(a)
rats or mice are not harboured on the land; and
(b)
the land is not a breeding ground for rats or mice.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(2)
In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1), it is a defence for the defendant to prove that the defendant took all reasonable steps to comply with subsection (1).
(3)
This section does not apply in relation to a rat or mouse kept under section 26.
(4)
In this section—
relevant person, for land around a dwelling, means—
(a)
an occupier of the dwelling; or
(b)
if no-one occupies the dwelling—an owner of the dwelling.
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