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time appeal against the decision to the local court or the Minister, as the appellant elects.

               PART 11 - OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Division 1 – General

Offences
11.1 A cat shall not be in a public place unless –
       (a)  it is held by a person over the age of 18 years; or
       (b)  it is securely tethered or contained in a receptacle; or
       (c)  it is in a motor vehicle.

11.2 If a cat is at any time in a public place in contravention of this provision, every keeper of the cat commits an offence unless the person satisfies the Court that he or she took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the contravention or in the case of a keeper that at the material time, the cat was in the possession or control of some other person without the consent of the keeper, expressed or implied.

11.3 A cat shall not be in any place that is not a public place unless consent to its being there has been given –
       a)  by the occupier or a person apparently authorised to consent on behalf of the occupier; or
       b)  if the place is unoccupied by the owner or a person apparently authorised to consent on behalf of the owner.

11.4 If a cat is at any time in a cat prohibited area and a permit has not been issued under clause 3.3(3), the keeper of the cat commits an offence.

11.5 The permit holder who fails to comply with a condition of a permit commits an offence.

11.6 Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this local law commits an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $5,000.00, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, an additional penalty not exceeding $500.00 for each day or part of the day during which the offence continues.

          Division 2 – Infringement notices and modified penalties

Prescribed offences
11.7 The offences prescribed in Schedule 1 are in relation to which a modified penalty applies, and the amount appearing directly opposite each such offence is the modified penalty payable in relation to that offence.

Forms
    11.8 (1)  Where an authorised person has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence against this local law he or she may serve upon that person an Infringement Notice and the Infringement Notice issued under this local law shall be in the form of Form 1 of Schedule 2.
     (2)  An Infringement Notice may be served on an alleged offender personally or by posting it to their last known address as ascertained at the time or immediately following the