Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
13Certain animals not to be ridden etc
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13 Certain animals not to be ridden etc
13 Certain animals not to be ridden etc
A person shall not—
(a) ride, drive, use, carry or convey an animal, or
(b) where the person is a person in charge of an animal—authorise the riding, driving, using, carrying or conveying of the animal,
if the animal is unfit for the purpose of its being so ridden, driven, used, carried or conveyed.
Maximum penalty—250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.
s 13: Am 1987 No 160, Sch 2 (5); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 [6].