sec.18Obligation of responsible person for exhibited animal

sec.18 Obligation of responsible person for exhibited animal

A responsible person for an exhibited animal has an obligation (a general exhibition and dealing obligation ) to take all reasonable and practical measures to prevent or minimise the relevant risks and relevant adverse effects associated with exhibiting or dealing with the animal. A measure that may be reasonable and practical to prevent or minimise the relevant adverse effects of the escape of an exhibited animal from its enclosure may include a strategy for that event that ensures the following happens quickly— recapturing or destroying the animal warning persons about the dangers posed by the animal and advising them about appropriate action they should take for their safety. Despite subsection (1) , a responsible person for an exhibited animal has a general exhibition and dealing obligation to prevent or minimise a biosecurity risk associated with exhibiting or dealing with the animal only if the person knows or ought reasonably to know that exhibiting or dealing with the animal poses, or is likely to pose, the risk. See the Biosecurity Act , section 23 (1) . (sec.18-ssec.1) A responsible person for an exhibited animal has an obligation (a general exhibition and dealing obligation ) to take all reasonable and practical measures to prevent or minimise the relevant risks and relevant adverse effects associated with exhibiting or dealing with the animal. A measure that may be reasonable and practical to prevent or minimise the relevant adverse effects of the escape of an exhibited animal from its enclosure may include a strategy for that event that ensures the following happens quickly— recapturing or destroying the animal warning persons about the dangers posed by the animal and advising them about appropriate action they should take for their safety. (sec.18-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) , a responsible person for an exhibited animal has a general exhibition and dealing obligation to prevent or minimise a biosecurity risk associated with exhibiting or dealing with the animal only if the person knows or ought reasonably to know that exhibiting or dealing with the animal poses, or is likely to pose, the risk. See the Biosecurity Act , section 23 (1) .

• • recapturing or destroying the animal
• • warning persons about the dangers posed by the animal and advising them about appropriate action they should take for their safety.