Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Regulations 2019
33Places where small leghold traps must not be set, used or possessed
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33 Places where small leghold traps must not be set, used or possessed
(1) A person must not set or use a small leghold trap in the following places—
(a) Crown land; or
(b) land in an urban area, except with—
(i) the approval of the Minister under regulation 39; and
(ii) the consent of the owner or occupier of the land; or
(c) any other land unless a person has the consent of the owner or occupier of the land.
(2) A person must not possess a small leghold trap on Crown land.
(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to—
(a) a person who possesses a small leghold trap if possession is solely for the purposes of displaying it in a museum that is open to the general public; or
(b) a POCTA inspector, for the purposes of exercising the inspector's role under the Act or these Regulations.