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Greyhound Racing Act 2017
41Prohibition on keeping certain animals on premises where greyhounds are kept etc
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#### 41 Prohibition on keeping certain animals on premises where greyhounds are kept etc
41 Prohibition on keeping certain animals on premises where greyhounds are kept etc
> > (1) A person must not, on any premises at or on which greyhounds are kept, trialled, trained or raced, keep any animal that is reasonably capable of being used as a lure in connection with the trialling, training or racing of greyhounds.
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> > Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in the case of an individual.
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> > (2) The Commission may, on application by any person, make an order (an exemption order) authorising the person to keep an animal of the kind specified in the order.
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> > (3) An exemption order may not specify possums or rabbits.
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> > (4) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) in relation to the keeping of an animal that the person is authorised to keep under an exemption order.
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> > (5) In this section—
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> > animal includes the carcass, or the skin or any other part, of an animal.
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> > keep an animal includes having possession or control of the animal.