Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00619:reg:29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00619
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 29
Character Range: 29178–31001

29  Taking animals onto the bushland
 (1) A person must not cause or allow an animal owned by, or in the charge of, the person, to enter or remain on the bushland.
 (2) A person is taken to have contravened subsection (1) if the person places a beehive on the bushland.
 (3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to:
 (a) the use of a dog or animal that is:
 (i) a guide dog used by a blind person, a hearing dog used by a deaf person or an assistance animal used by a person with a disability; and
 (ii) at all times restrained on a leash not more than 3 metres in length; or
 (b) the taking of the carcass of an animal onto the bushland as food for:
 (i) the person; or
 (ii) a dog or animal mentioned in paragraph (a).
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (3), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
 (4) Also, subsection (1) does not apply if:
 (a) the person is on a vessel in passage through a marine area; and
 (b) the animal is confined to the vessel.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (4), see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
 (5) A person who, in accordance with a permit or other authority under these by‑laws, takes an animal onto, or has in his or her possession an animal on, the bushland must not:
 (a) allow the animal to be at large; or
 (b) fail to remove the animal from the bushland:
 (i) if the person lives in the bushland—when the person ceases to live there; or
 (ii) in any other case—when the person leaves the bushland.
 (6) A person who takes the carcass of an animal onto Aboriginal Land as food must not, within 50 metres of an area of water on the Aboriginal Land, dismember, disembowel or skin the carcass.
 (7) A contravention of subsection (1), (5) or (6) is an offence.