Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
sec.43ZAExceptions for supply of dog
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sec.43ZA Exceptions for supply of dog
A person does not commit an offence against section 43Z if the dog is supplied in any of the following circumstances— the dog is bred, by a primary producer, from a working dog and supplied to another primary producer to use as a working dog; the dog is supplied by a member of a class of persons prescribed under section 43E (3) (c) ; the dog is supplied to a pound or shelter. Also, if the dog is not required under section 43Y (1) to be implanted with a PPID for the supply, a person does not commit an offence against section 43Z only because the person does not know the matter mentioned in section 43Z (b) . In this section— shelter includes a veterinary surgery to the extent it provides shelter for a dog that is homeless, lost or stray. s 43ZA ins 2016 No. 28 s 11 (sec.43ZA-ssec.1) A person does not commit an offence against section 43Z if the dog is supplied in any of the following circumstances— the dog is bred, by a primary producer, from a working dog and supplied to another primary producer to use as a working dog; the dog is supplied by a member of a class of persons prescribed under section 43E (3) (c) ; the dog is supplied to a pound or shelter. (sec.43ZA-ssec.2) Also, if the dog is not required under section 43Y (1) to be implanted with a PPID for the supply, a person does not commit an offence against section 43Z only because the person does not know the matter mentioned in section 43Z (b) . (sec.43ZA-ssec.3) In this section— shelter includes a veterinary surgery to the extent it provides shelter for a dog that is homeless, lost or stray.
- (a) the dog is bred, by a primary producer, from a working dog and supplied to another primary producer to use as a working dog;
- (b) the dog is supplied by a member of a class of persons prescribed under section 43E (3) (c) ;
- (c) the dog is supplied to a pound or shelter.