14A—Possession of certain items prohibited
(1) A person must not,
without the approval of the Minister, have in his or her possession or
control—
(a) a
cock-fighting spur; or
(b) an
implement, article or other thing made or adapted for attachment to an
animal—
(i)
for the purpose of training the animal to fight another
animal; or
(ii)
for the purpose of inciting or assisting the animal to
fight another animal or to inflict injury on another animal during a fight; or
(iii)
for the purpose of protecting the animal in a fight with
another animal; or
(c) a
drug (not being a drug supplied on the prescription of, and given to an animal
in accordance with the directions of, a veterinary surgeon) to be administered
to an animal for the purpose of inciting or assisting the animal to fight
another animal, or to inflict injury on another animal during a fight; or
(d) a
lure or bait (however described) consisting of or including the carcass or any
part of an animal and used, or intended to be used, for the purpose of live
baiting (within the meaning of section 14).
Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection (1)(d), a reference to a part of an animal does not include
a reference to a part of an animal that has been processed such that it no
longer resembles a part of the relevant kind.
Note—
For example, the skin of an animal which has been processed into a leather
product.