53Control of animals

53 Control of animals

53 Control of animals

(1) A person must not take into or on any public passenger vehicle or any train intended for the conveyance of passengers any dog, cat, bird or other animal—

(a) in the case of a public passenger vehicle—unless the animal is suitably confined in a box, basket or other container, and

(b) in the case of a train—except under the conditions imposed by the rail transport operator of the relevant railway for the conveyance of the animal.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(2) A person must not allow an animal under the person’s care or control on, or to stray onto, railway premises unless the animal is being taken onto or from a train in accordance with the conditions referred to in subclause (1).

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(3) Subclauses (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of an assistance animal or an assistance animal in training.

(4) A person must not, without the permission of an authorised officer, take a dog onto any part of a station, or have a dog in the person’s charge on a station, unless the dog is under the person’s direct physical control by means of a lead, chain or frame (such as those used to control assistance animals) or otherwise.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.