Western Australian Numbered Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT 2002 (NO. 33 OF 2002) - SECT 7

7.         Carrying on business s upplying animals for scientific purposes

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), a person must not carry on a business of supplying animals for use for scientific purposes except in accordance with a licence authorising the person to do so.

        Penalty: $50 000 and imprisonment for 5 years.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a person carrying on a business of supplying fauna that the person is licensed or authorised under the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 to take for the purposes of that business.