106EAssistance animal allowed in public places and premises

106E Assistance animal allowed in public places and premises (a) stops a person accompanied by an assistance animal entering or using a public place or public premises because of the animal; or (b) stops an assistance animal entering a public place or public premises; or (c) removes an assistance animal from a public place or public (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. Note The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in s (2) (see Criminal Code, s 58). (3) A person commits an offence if— (a) a person accompanied by an accredited assistance animal (the accompanied person) shows the person evidence the animal is an accredited assistance animal; and

Using an assistance animal Division 5.4 (b) the person either— (i) stops the accompanied person entering or using a public place or public premises because of the animal; or (ii) stops the animal entering a public place or public premises; or (iii) removes the animal from a public place or public premises. (4) A person commits an offence if the person imposes a fee or charge on the accompanied person for bringing the assistance animal onto or into a public place or public premises. (5) An offence against subsection (3) or (4) is a strict liability offence.