15Poisons not to be administered to animals

15 Poisons not to be administered to animals

15 Poisons not to be administered to animals

(1) In this section, poison includes—

(a) a substance included in the list, as in force for the time being, proclaimed under section 8 of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 (or a substance that includes such a substance), or

(b) a substance containing glass or any other thing likely to kill or injure an animal.

(2) A person shall not—

(a) administer a poison, or a substance containing a poison, to a domestic animal,

(b) with the intention of destroying or injuring a domestic animal, throw, cast, drop, leave or lay a poison, or a substance containing a poison, in any place, or

(c) have in his or her possession a poison with the intention of using it to kill or injure a domestic animal.

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.

s 15: Am 1987 No 160, Sch 2 (7); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 [25]–[28]; 2003 No 54, Sch 1 [2].