9Bringing animals into the public domain

9 Bringing animals into the public domain

9 Bringing animals into the public domain

(1) Place Management NSW may use signs to designate an area as—

(a) a no-animals area, or

(b) an off-leash area.

(2) An area may be designated under subsection (1)—

(a) for certain times of the day, and

(b) for different times on different days.

(3) A person must not do the following in the public domain—

(a) bring in, or be in charge of, a dog that is not on a leash, other than in an off-leash area,

(b) bring in, or be in charge of, more than 4 unleashed dogs in an off-leash area,

(c) bring in an animal other than a dog,

(d) leave an animal unattended unless it is tethered,

(e) bring an animal into a no animals area.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) Subsection (3) does not—

(a) prohibit a person with a disability from bringing an assistance animal into the public domain, or

(b) apply to a police officer using an animal for police purposes.

(5) A ranger or a police officer may remove an animal from the public domain if it is brought in or unleashed in contravention of subsection (3).

Note—

See section 41 in relation to the removal of animals that have been abandoned.

(6) A ranger must not, in removing an animal under subsection (5), use force against a person.

(7) A person who is in charge of a dog must properly dispose of faeces deposited by the dog in the public domain.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(8) In this section—

assistance animal and disability have the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.