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ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 1985 - SECT 14AA

14AA—Jumps racing prohibited

        (1)         A person must not organise, promote or participate in, or participate in organising or promoting, jumps racing.

Maximum penalty: $20 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         However, nothing in subsection (1) prevents a person from—

            (a)         organising, promoting or participating in, or participating in organising or promoting, equestrian eventing, show jumping or a cross-country event; or

            (b)         jumping a horse, or requiring a person to jump a horse, over an obstacle other than in the course of a horse race; or

Example—

Training or preparation of a horse that includes jumping an obstacle.

            (c)         publishing the field of horses competing in jumps racing held in another State or Territory, or overseas; or

            (d)         advertising jumps racing held in another State or Territory, or allowing images or audio of such racing to be shown or heard.

        (3)         In this section—

"jumps racing" means a steeplechase or hurdle race involving the racing of horses.



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