69Taking and keeping of animals in Preserve

69 Taking and keeping of animals in Preserve

69 Taking and keeping of animals in Preserve

(1) A person must not—

(a) take into or release an animal in the Preserve or onto any public or other road traversing the Preserve, or

(b) place or keep an animal in the Preserve or on any public or other road traversing the Preserve, or

(c) have charge, possession or control of an animal in the Preserve or on any public or other road traversing the Preserve, or

(d) fail to prevent an animal of which the person has charge, possession or control from entering the Preserve or entering onto any public or other road traversing the Preserve.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under this clause—

(a) if the animal is an assistance animal (within the meaning of the Companion Animals Act 1998) being used by a person with a disability to assist the person, or

(b) if a person takes an animal into the Preserve or onto any public or other road traversing the Preserve, in accordance with and subject to any conditions stated in the plan of management for the Preserve, unless a notice displayed in the park prohibits the taking of animals into the Preserve, or

(c) for anything done or omitted with the consent of the Board and in accordance with any conditions to which that consent is subject.