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Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
sec.121Restriction on animals in recreation area
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### sec.121 Restriction on animals in recreation area
A person must not, other than in accordance with the chief executive’s written approval or a corresponding authority—
take a live animal into a recreation area; or
keep a live animal in a recreation area.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In subsection (1) —
animal does not include—
a support dog; or
a fish, sand crab or mud crab lawfully taken in a recreation area or a place adjacent to the area; or
an invertebrate animal lawfully taken in a recreation area or a place adjacent to the area for use as bait for fishing; or
an animal taken into the recreation area in the way prescribed under a regulatory notice or a regulation.
s 121 amd 2009 No. 4 s 124 (2) sch 3 ; 2013 No. 55 s 96
(sec.121-ssec.1) A person must not, other than in accordance with the chief executive’s written approval or a corresponding authority— take a live animal into a recreation area; or keep a live animal in a recreation area. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.121-ssec.2) In subsection (1) — animal does not include— a support dog; or a fish, sand crab or mud crab lawfully taken in a recreation area or a place adjacent to the area; or an invertebrate animal lawfully taken in a recreation area or a place adjacent to the area for use as bait for fishing; or an animal taken into the recreation area in the way prescribed under a regulatory notice or a regulation.
- (a) take a live animal into a recreation area; or
- (b) keep a live animal in a recreation area.
- (a) a support dog; or
- (b) a fish, sand crab or mud crab lawfully taken in a recreation area or a place adjacent to the area; or
- (c) an invertebrate animal lawfully taken in a recreation area or a place adjacent to the area for use as bait for fishing; or
- (d) an animal taken into the recreation area in the way prescribed under a regulatory notice or a regulation.