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Animal Welfare Act 1992
52Circuses
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52 Circuses (a) the person conducts a circus; and (b) the circus has performing animals (but is not a travelling zoo); and (c) the person does not have a permit to conduct the circus. (2) A person commits an offence if the person conducts a circus using a prohibited animal.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person brings a prohibited animal into the ACT as part of a circus troupe. (4) For subsection (3), it does not matter whether the animal is brought into the ACT for use in the circus.