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In forceAmended2020 Revised Edition

Part 4 · Animal Welfare and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

43. Prescribed activities and services to be performed by qualified individuals

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Last amended by an amending law of 2014.

(1)

A person carrying on any prescribed animal‑related business must not employ or engage any individual to perform any prescribed activity or service, or prescribed class of activities or services, relating to the ownership of an animal or class of animals unless the individual holds such qualifications or has completed such training as the Director‑General may specify.

(2)

The Director‑General must publish on a prescribed website the Director‑General’s specifications on qualifications and training under subsection (1).

(3)

Any person carrying on a prescribed animal‑related business who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

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