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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
23Certain traps not to be set
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#### 23 Certain traps not to be set
23 Certain traps not to be set
> > (1) A person shall not, in a prescribed part of New South Wales, set a trap of a prescribed type.
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> > 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.
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> > (2) A person must not—
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> > > (a) in any part of New South Wales, set a steel-jawed trap, or
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> > > (b) possess a steel-jawed trap with the intention of using it to trap an animal.
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> > 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.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > steel-jawed trap means a trap that has jaws that are made of steel, iron or other metal and that are designed to spring together and trap an animal when a leg or other part of the animal’s body comes into contact with, or is placed between, the jaws, but does not include a soft-jawed trap (that is, a trap with steel jaws that are offset and padded).
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> **s 23:** Am 1987 No 160, Sch 2 (14); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 \[6\] \[37\].