(1) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person conducts a circus; and
(b) the circus has performing animals (but is not a travelling zoo); and
(c) the person does not have a permit to conduct the circus.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person conducts a circus using a prohibited animal.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person brings a prohibited animal into the ACT as part of a circus troupe.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(4) For subsection (3), it does not matter whether the animal is brought into the ACT for use in the circus.