10Assisting injured animal

10 Assisting injured animal (a) injures an animal; and (b) does not take reasonable steps to assist with the animal’s injury. 1 contacting a relevant person 2 seeking veterinary treatment (a) the person injures a mammal; and (b) the person knows, or ought to know because of the circumstances, the animal is injured; and (c) the person is not a person in charge of the animal; and (d) the person fails to tell a relevant person, within 2 hours after the injury— (i) that the animal is injured; and (ii) the location where the animal was injured. Example—circumstances if a car hits a mammal—the size of the animal, witness accounts that the driver swerved or braked to avoid the animal or stopped after hitting the animal

Access Canberra means the business unit known as Access Canberra. Note If the name of Access Canberra changes, the reference to Access Canberra is taken to be a reference to its new name (see Legislation Act, s 183). relevant person means— (a) if a domestic animal was injured—a person in charge of the animal; or (b) the authority; or (c) an inspector; or (d) Access Canberra.