Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

AGRICULTURE AND RELATED RESOURCES PROTECTION (TRAPS) REGULATIONS 1982 - REG 7

7 .         Duties of person setting trap

                Any person who sets a trap shall — 

            (a)         ensure that all animals caught in the trap are disposed of in a humane manner; and

            (b)         inspect the trap at reasonable intervals of time to ensure that animals do not remain in the trap longer than is unavoidable; and

            (c)         exercise reasonable care to ensure that animals which are not declared animals are not caught in the trap; and

            (d)         set the trap in the manner approved by the Director General; and

            (e)         produce a copy of the permit when requested to do so by an authorised person, an inspector or an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Western Australia (incorporated).

        Penalty: a fine of $2 000.

        [Regulation 7 amended in Gazette 17 Dec 2010 p. 6431-2.]