Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(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.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person sets a steel-jawed trap or a prohibited trap.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person possesses a steel-jawed trap or prohibited trap.
Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.
(4) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(5) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to the possession of a trap kept only—
(a) for the purpose of display; or
(b) as a curio or part of a collection.
(6) In this section:
"prohibited trap" means a trap prescribed by regulation for this section.
"steel-jawed trap" means an animal trap fitted with metal jaws, a pressure plate and a spring-operated mechanism, designed so the metal jaws close against each other when the trap is activated by the application of weight to the pressure plate.