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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
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#### 7 Carriage and conveyance of animals
7 Carriage and conveyance of animals
> > (1) A person shall not—
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> > > (a) carry or convey an animal, or
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> > > (b) where the person is a person in charge of an animal—authorise the carriage or conveyance of the animal,
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> > in a manner which unreasonably, unnecessarily or unjustifiably inflicts pain upon the 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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> > (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a person shall not—
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> > > (a) carry or convey a horse on a multi-deck vehicle, or
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> > > (b) where the person is a person in charge of the horse—authorise the carriage or conveyance of a horse on a multi-deck vehicle.
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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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> > (2A) Without limiting subsection (1), a person must not carry or convey a dog (other than a dog being used to work livestock), on the open back of a moving vehicle on a public street unless the dog is restrained or enclosed in such a way as to prevent the dog falling from the vehicle.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > multi-deck vehicle means a motor vehicle or a trailer drawn by a motor vehicle that—
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> > > (a) is used to carry or convey animals, and
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> > > (b) on which animals are carried or conveyed in two or more layered sections.
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> **s 7:** Am 1987 No 160, Sch 1 (3); 1988 No 92, Sch 17 (1); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 \[6\] \[8\].