New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 31AD

31AD Certain convicted persons prohibited from breeding animals

(1) If a person is convicted of an animal cruelty offence, the person must not--

(a) breed animals, or

(b) manage or control a business relating to breeding animals, or

(c) work with, or care for, animals in a business relating to breeding animals.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--400 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year, or both, or

(b) otherwise--2,000 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) applies only in relation to a person convicted of an animal cruelty offence on or after the commencement of this section.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following--

(a) stock animals or working dogs being bred for commercial purposes,

(b) businesses relating to breeding stock animals or working dogs for commercial purposes.