Animal Protection Act 2018
32Prohibited activities
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32 Prohibited activities (b) the person intentionally uses the animal, or intentionally permits the animal to be used, for an activity; and (c) the activity is a prohibited activity and the person is reckless in
Animal Protection Act 2018 24 (a) the person intentionally organises, promotes, advertises or conducts an activity; and (b) the activity is a prohibited activity and the person is reckless in (a) the person is the owner, manager or occupier of premises; and (b) the person intentionally permits the premises to be used for an activity; and (c) the activity is a prohibited activity and the person is reckless in (4) Strict liability applies to subsections (1)(a) and (3)(a). (5) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person intentionally attends an activity; and (b) the activity is a prohibited activity and the person is reckless in (6) Subsections (1), (2), (3) and (5) do not apply in relation to the following conduct: (a) the rehabilitation of native animals for release into the wild; (b) the keeping and display of animals the normal diets of which include live food; (ba) the feeding of live food to animals if that live food is their normal diet and essential to their survival; (c) the mustering and working of stock animals; (d) the use of horses and cattle at a campdraft event;
Animal Protection Act 2018 25 (e) the use of bovine and equine animals at a rodeo. Note for subsection (6) (7) In this section: campdraft event means a competition or public event that involves a person riding a horse to work cattle for sport. prohibited activity means any of the following: (a) a match, competition or other activity in which an animal is released from confinement for the purpose of being hunted, caught, confined, killed or caused suffering by a person or another animal; (b) the use of an animal to fight a person or another animal; (c) the use of an animal as a lure for blooding greyhounds; (d) the killing of an animal for the purpose of blooding greyhounds. rodeo means a competition or public event that involves: (a) the riding or bucking of bovine or equine animals; or (b) the catching, wrestling, roping or tying of bovine or equine animals; or (c) any combination of those activities.