(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person administers an electric shock to an animal; and
(b) the person administers the shock using an electrical device that is not prescribed by regulation for use on that kind of animal.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person places a device on, or attaches a device to, an animal; and
(b) the device is able to administer an electric shock to the animal.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(3) In this section:
"able"—a device is able to administer an electric shock even if something needs to happen or be done to administer the shock.
Examples
1 a collar that is able to administer an electric shock by remote control or if the collar nears a boundary fence
2 a collar that has a variable setting that can be turned off and on