Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 35 OF 2019) - SECT 44

Section 60 (1)

substitute

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap; and

        (b)     an animal is killed or injured by the trap.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (1A)     A person commits an offence if the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.