Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 29

29 Other restrictions

(1) A person (a
"supplier" ) must not supply another person with an animal that the supplier knows has had a regulated procedure performed on it unless the supplier has given the other person a signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate stating that the operation was performed in the interests of the animal’s welfare.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the animal was abandoned; and

(b) the supplier is surrendering the animal to a pound or animal shelter.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) a pound or animal shelter takes possession of an animal that has had a regulated procedure performed on it; and

(b) the pound or animal shelter is not given a veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the animal in accordance with subsection (1) .

(4) The pound or animal shelter must not supply someone else the animal unless the pound or animal shelter gives the person a certificate stating that the animal had the regulated procedure performed on it before the pound or animal shelter took possession of it.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(5) Subsection (6) applies to a person who is supplied an animal—

(a) by a person in accordance with subsection (1) ; or

(b) by a pound or animal shelter in accordance with subsection (4) .

(6) The person (an
"on-supplier" ) must not on-supply the animal to another person unless the on-supplier gives the other person—

(a) the signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate given for the animal under subsection (1) ; or

(b) the certificate given for the animal under subsection (4) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(7) In this section—

"regulated procedure" means—

(a) cropping a dog’s ear;

(b) removing a cat’s claw;

(c) docking the tail of a dog, horse or cow.