Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
sec.36Prohibitions
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sec.36 Prohibitions
A person must not, with the intention of injuring or killing an animal, administer to, or feed, the animal a substance the person knows is harmful or poisonous to the animal. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person authorised to administer the substance to the animal under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 . A person must not, with the intention of injuring or killing any animal, lay a bait or a substance that is harmful or poisonous to any animal. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. In this section— lay includes deposit, distribute, leave and throw. s 36 amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1 ; 2015 No. 15 s 20 ; 2019 No. 26 s 290 sch 2 ; 2024 No. 17 s 192 s ch 1 pt 1 (sec.36-ssec.1) A person must not, with the intention of injuring or killing an animal, administer to, or feed, the animal a substance the person knows is harmful or poisonous to the animal. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.36-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person authorised to administer the substance to the animal under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 . (sec.36-ssec.3) A person must not, with the intention of injuring or killing any animal, lay a bait or a substance that is harmful or poisonous to any animal. Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.36-ssec.4) In this section— lay includes deposit, distribute, leave and throw.