s 17C
In forceDisturbance of farm animals
Part 3Offences against public order
17C Disturbance of farm animals
(1)
A person who, while trespassing on land on which animals are kept in the course of primary production, disturbs any animal and thus causes harm to the animal or loss or inconvenience to the owner of the animals is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.
(2)
It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (1) to prove that the disturbance was not intentional and did not arise from recklessness on the part of the defendant.
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