15CBreeding of animals with heritable defects

15C Breeding of animals with heritable defects (1) A person must not, intentionally or recklessly, allow an animal with a heritable defect to breed. 1. 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person. 300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate. (2) A person must not sell or dispose of an animal with a heritable defect, if the person knows or is reckless as to whether the animal has a heritable defect, unless the person who sells or disposes of the animal advises the person to whom the animal is sold or disposed of (before the sale or disposal) that the animal has the heritable defect. 1. 60 penalty units, in the case of a natural person. 300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate. (3) In this section— ***heritable defect***, in relation to a species of animal set out in Column 1 of the Table in the Schedule, means a heritable defect that is known to cause the disease set out opposite the species of animal in Column 2 of the Table in the Schedule. Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 16, 17) amended by Nos 77/1995 ss 14, 15, 76/1998 s. 27(b), 69/2004 s. 49(2)–(4), 76/2005 s. 29, substituted as Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 16–17I) by No. 65/2007 s. 90.