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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
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#### 23C Definitions
23C Definitions
> In this part—
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> dog does not include a racing greyhound.
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> exempt working dog means an adult dog—
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> > (a) that is a working dog, and
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> > (b) that is ordinarily kept on land—
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> > > (i) in a part of the Western Division that is not within a local government area, or
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> > > (ii) categorised as farmland for the purposes of the [Local Government Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-030), Chapter 15, Part 3, and
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> > (c) if the dog becomes pregnant—whose offspring born from the pregnancy are intended to be working dogs that will ordinarily be kept on—
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> > > (i) the land on which the offspring were born, or
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> > > (ii) land owned or occupied by the person in charge of the adult dog when the offspring were born.
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> Western Division has the same meaning as in the [Crown Land Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-058).
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> **s 23C:** Ins 2024 No 85, Sch 1\[14\].