Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 (Qld)

Animal Care and Protection Act 2001

An Act to promote the responsible care and use of animals and to protect animals from cruelty, and for other purposes

Chapter 1    Preliminary

Part 1    Introduction

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001.

2   Commencement

This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2    Purposes and application of Act

Division 1 Purposes

3   Purposes of Act

The purposes of this Act are to do the following—

(a)promote the responsible care and use of animals;

(b)provide standards for the care and use of animals that—

(i)achieve a reasonable balance between the welfare of animals and the interests of persons whose livelihood is dependent on animals; and

(ii)allow for the effect of advancements in scientific knowledge about animal biology and changes in community expectations about practices involving animals;

(c)protect animals from unjustifiable, unnecessary or unreasonable pain;

(d)ensure the use of animals for scientific purposes is accountable, open and responsible.

4   How purposes are to be primarily achieved

The purposes are to be primarily achieved by the following—

(a)providing for regulations about codes of practice for animal welfare;

(b)allowing regulations to require compliance with codes of practice;

(c)imposing a duty of care on persons in charge of animals;

(d)prohibiting certain conduct in relation to animals;

(e)requiring a person using an animal for scientific purposes to comply with the scientific use code;

(f)providing for the registration of certain users of animals for scientific purposes;

(g)providing for the appointment of authorised officers to monitor compliance with compulsory code requirements and the scientific use code;

(h)providing for the appointment of inspectors to investigate and enforce this Act;

(i)allowing the Minister to establish an animal welfare advisory committee or another body to advise the Minister on animal welfare issues.

Division 2 Application

5   Act binds all persons

(1)Subject to sections 6 to 7, this Act binds all persons, including the State and, to the extent the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States.

(2)However, the Commonwealth or a State can not be prosecuted for an offence against this Act.

6   Application of Act to State for protected or wild animals

This Act does not apply to the State for an animal only because it is—

(a)a protected animal or an animal in the wild under the Nature Conservation Act 1992; and

(b)the property of the State under that Act, another Act or the common law.

Note—

See the Nature Conservation Act 1992, section 83 (Property in protected animals).

6A   Relationship with Nature Conservation Act 1992

(1)This Act does not affect the application of the Nature Conservation Act 1992 other than as provided under subsection (2).

(2)This Act applies to an act done, or omission made, by a person for the purposes of either of the following if authorised under the Nature Conservation Act 1992—

(a)taking, keeping or using an animal to exercise Aboriginal tradition or Island custom;

(b)using an animal for a scientific purpose.

(3)A person does not commit an offence under this Act only because the person does an act or makes an omission that—

(a)is authorised under the Nature Conservation Act 1992, other than an act or omission mentioned in subsection (2); and

(b)would, apart from this subsection, constitute an offence under this Act.

7   Relationship with certain other Acts

(1)This Act does not affect the application of—

(a)the Fisheries Act 1994; or

(b)the Racing Act 2002; or

(c)the Racing Integrity Act 2016.

(2)A person who lawfully does an act, or makes an omission, authorised under an Act mentioned in subsection (1) that would, apart from this subsection, constitute an offence under this Act, is taken not to commit the offence by reason only of doing the act or making the omission.

(3)However, subsection (2) does not apply if the act is the use of an animal for a scientific purpose.

8   Relationship with native title

A person does not avoid liability to be prosecuted for an offence under this Act only because the act or omission that constitutes the offence happens in the exercise or enjoyment of native title rights and interests.

9   Act does not affect other rights or remedies

(1)This Act does not affect or limit a civil right or remedy that exists apart from this Act, whether at common law or otherwise.

(2)Without limiting subsection (1), compliance with this Act does not necessarily show that a civil obligation that exists apart from this Act has been satisfied or has not been breached.

(3)In addition, a breach of the duty of care imposed under this Act does not, of itself, give rise to an action for breach of statutory duty or another civil right or remedy.

(4)This Act does not limit a court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or another law.

Part 3    Interpretation

Division 1 Dictionary

10   Definitions

The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act.

Division 2 Key definitions

11   What is an animal

(1)An animal is any of the following—

(a)a live member of a vertebrate animal taxon;

Examples—

•an amphibian

•a bird

•a fish

•a mammal, other than a human being

•a reptile

(b)a live pre-natal or pre-hatched creature as follows if it is in the last half of gestation or development—

(i)a mammalian or reptilian fetus;

(ii)an avian, mammalian or reptilian pre-hatched young;

(c)a live marsupial young;

(d)a live invertebrate creature of a species, or a stage of the life cycle of a species, from the class Cephalopoda;

Examples—

cuttlefish, nautilus, octopi, squid

(e)a live invertebrate creature of a species, or a stage of the life cycle of a species, from the class Malacostraca prescribed by regulation for this paragraph.

Examples—

crabs, crayfish, lobsters, prawns

(2)However, a human being or human fetus is not an animal.

(3)To remove any doubt, it is declared that the following are not animals—

(a)the eggs, spat or spawn of a fish;

(b)a pre-natal, larval or pre-hatched creature, other than a creature mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c);

(c)another immature form of a creature, other than a creature mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c).

12   Meaning of a person in charge of an animal

(1)A person is a person in charge of an animal if the person—

(a)owns or has a lease, licence or other proprietary interest in the animal; or

(b)has the custody of the animal; or

(c)is employing or has engaged someone else who has the custody of the animal and the custody is within the scope of the employment or engagement.

(2)Despite subsection (1)(a), a person who holds a mortgage or other security interest in an animal only becomes a person in charge of the animal if the person takes a step to enforce the mortgage or other security.

Chapter 2    Codes of practice

13   Making codes of practice

(1)A regulation may make codes of practice about animal welfare that are based on good practice and scientific knowledge.

Note—

See the Statutory Instruments Act 1992, section 23 (Statutory instrument may make provision by applying another document) for the power by regulation to make provision for a matter, including, for example, a code of practice, by reference to another document.

(2)Without limiting subsection (1), a code of practice may be made about any of the following—

(a)the care and handling of animals;

(b)the use of animals—

(i)as companions; or

(ii)for commercial, entertainment, recreational, scientific or other purposes; or

(iii)in any of the following—

•aquaria

•boarding kennels

•pet shops

•theme parks

•zoos;

(c)the performance of medical or surgical procedures on animals;

(d)the use of electric devices on animals;

(e)the transportation of livestock and other animals;

(f)animal slaughtering establishments and the preparation or treatment of animals for human consumption;

(g)the snaring or trapping of animals;

(h)the control of animals that, under section 42, are feral or pest animals;

(i)aquaculture or livestock production.

14   Tabling and inspection of documents adopted in codes of practice

(1)This section applies if—

(a)a regulation that makes a code of practice adopts, applies or incorporates the whole or a stated part of another document (the adopted provisions); and

(b)the adopted provisions are not part of, or attached to, the regulation.

(2)The Minister must, within 14 sitting days after the regulation is notified, table a copy of the adopted provisions in the Legislative Assembly.

(3)If the adopted provisions are amended, the Minister must, within 14 sitting days after the amendment is made, table a copy of the provisions as amended in the Legislative Assembly.

(4)The chief executive must keep a copy of the adopted provisions, as in force from time to time, open for inspection, free of charge, by members of the public during office hours on business days at—

(a)the department’s head office; and

(b)other places the chief executive considers appropriate.

(5)A failure to comply with this section does not invalidate or otherwise affect the regulation.

15   Regulation may require compliance with code of practice

(1)A regulation may require a person to comply with the whole or a stated part of a code of practice.

(2)A requirement under subsection (1) is called a compulsory code requirement.

(3)A person to whom a compulsory code requirement applies must comply with the requirement.

Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—300 penalty units.

16   Use of code of practice in proceeding

A code of practice is admissible in evidence in a proceeding for an offence against this Act if it is relevant to the act or omission to which the proceeding relates.

Chapter 3    General animal offences

Part 1    Breach of duty of care

17   Breach of duty of care prohibited

(1)A person in charge of an animal owes a duty of care to it.

(2)The person must not breach the duty of care.

Maximum penalty—

(a)if the breach causes death, serious deformity, serious disability or prolonged suffering of an animal—2,000 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; or

(b)otherwise—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

Note—

See also section 9.

(3)For subsection (2), a person breaches the duty only if the person does not take reasonable steps to—

(a)provide the animal’s needs for the following in a way that is appropriate—

(i)food and water;

(ii)accommodation or living conditions for the animal;

(iii)to display normal patterns of behaviour;

(iv)the treatment of disease or injury; or

(b)ensure any handling of the animal, including any confinement or transportation of the animal, by the person, or caused by the person, is appropriate.

(4)In deciding what is appropriate, regard must be had to—

(a)the species, environment and circumstances of the animal; and

(b)the steps a reasonable person in the circumstances of the person would reasonably be expected to have taken.

Examples of things that may be a circumstance for subsection (4)(b)—

•a bushfire or another natural disaster

•a flood or another climatic condition

Part 2    Cruelty offences

18   Animal cruelty prohibited

(1)A person must not be cruel to an animal.

Maximum penalty—2,000 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.

(2)Without limiting subsection (1), a person is taken to be cruel to an animal if the person does any of the following to the animal—

(a)causes it pain that, in the circumstances, is unjustifiable, unnecessary or unreasonable;

(b)beats it so as to cause the animal pain;

(c)abuses, terrifies, torments or worries it;

(d)overdrives, overrides or overworks it;

(e)uses on the animal an electrical device prescribed under a regulation;

(f)confines or transports it—

(i)without appropriate preparation, including, for example, appropriate food, rest, shelter or water; or

(ii)when it is unfit for the confinement or transport; or

(iii)in a way that is inappropriate for the animal’s welfare; or

Examples for subparagraph (iii)—

•placing the animal, during the confinement or transport, with too few or too many other animals or with a species of animal with which it is incompatible

•not providing the animal with appropriate spells

•confining the animal in or on a vehicle in a way that causes heat stress or other pain for the animal

(iv)in an unsuitable container or vehicle;

(g)kills it in a way that—

(i)is inhumane; or

(ii)causes it not to die quickly; or

(iii)causes it to die in unreasonable pain;

(h)unjustifiably, unnecessarily or unreasonably—

(i)injures or wounds it; or

(ii)overcrowds or overloads it.

19   Unreasonable abandonment or release

(1)A person in charge of an animal must not abandon or release an animal unless the person has a reasonable excuse or the abandonment or release is authorised by law.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)A person must not, unless the person has a reasonable excuse, release an animal from the custody of the person in charge of it.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3) For subsection (1), an animal may be abandoned by a person in charge of the animal regardless of whether the animal is provided with food or water by a person who is not in charge of the animal.

Example—

a person providing food and water to a dog that has been abandoned near the person’s premises

Part 3    Prohibited events

Division 1 Preliminary

20   Meaning of prohibited event

A prohibited event means any of the following events—

(a)a bullfight or organised event held for public entertainment in which a person provokes a bull in a way that is likely to cause it to charge;

(b)a cockfight or dogfight or other event in which an animal fights, or is encouraged to fight, with another animal;

(c)coursing or another event in which an animal is released from captivity to be hunted, injured or killed by another animal;

(d)an event in which an animal is released from captivity to be hunted, or shot at, by a person without an appropriate acclimatisation period between the release and the hunting to reduce stress to the animal;

(e)an event prescribed under a regulation held for public enjoyment or entertainment, with or without charge to anyone present, at which anyone participating in the event causes an animal pain.

Example of causing an animal pain for paragraph (e)—

someone does, or attempts to, catch, fight or throw the animal

Division 2 Prohibitions

21   Participation in prohibited event

(1)A person must not—

(a)organise a prohibited event; or

(b)knowingly—

(i)permit a prohibited event to be organised; or

(ii)supply an animal for use in a prohibited event; or

(iii)supply premises for use for a prohibited event.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)In this section—

organise a prohibited event includes taking part in organising the event.

22   Presence at prohibited event

A person must not be present at a prohibited event unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

Part 4    Regulated procedures

Division 1 Regulated procedures for dogs

23   Cropping dog’s ear

(1)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon, must not crop a dog’s ear.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2)A veterinary surgeon must not crop a dog’s ear unless the surgeon reasonably considers the cropping is in the interests of the dog’s welfare.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3)In this section—

crop, a dog’s ear, means to remove part of the ear to make the ear stand erect.

24   Docking dog’s tail

(1)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon, must not dock a dog’s tail.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2)A veterinary surgeon must not dock a dog’s tail unless the surgeon reasonably considers the docking is in the interests of the dog’s welfare.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

25   Debarking operations

(1)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon, must not perform an operation on a dog to prevent it from being able to bark or to reduce the volume of its bark (a debarking operation).

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)A veterinary surgeon must not perform a debarking operation on a dog unless the surgeon—

(a)reasonably considers the operation is in the interests of the dog’s welfare; or

(b)has been given a relevant nuisance abatement notice and the surgeon reasonably considers the operation is the only way to comply with the notice without destroying the dog; or

(c)has been given an appropriate notice and the surgeon reasonably considers the only way to stop the dog’s barking from being a nuisance, without destroying the dog, is to perform the operation.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3)For subsection (2)(c), an appropriate notice means a notice signed by each owner of the dog asking the veterinary surgeon to perform the operation and stating each of the following—

(a)that, in the opinion of each owner, the dog’s barking is a nuisance;

(b)attempts have made to prevent the dog’s barking from being a nuisance;

(c)for each attempt—

(i)the nature of the attempt; and

(ii)enough details of the attempt to allow the veterinary surgeon to form a view under subsection (2)(c);

(d)that each attempt has been unsuccessful.

Example of an attempt—

behavioural approaches taken in consultation with a veterinary surgeon or animal behaviour expert

(4)In this section—

bark includes cry, howl and yelp.

nuisance, for barking, means interference with the reasonable comfort, peace or privacy of anyone.

relevant nuisance abatement notice means the original, or a copy, of a notice as follows relating to the dog—

(a)

a nuisance abatement notice under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (an EPA notice);

(b)a notice, however called, under a local law if the notice—

(i)complies, or substantially complies, with the requirements for an EPA notice; or

(ii)has the same, or substantially the same, purpose as an EPA notice.

Division 2 Regulated procedures for other animals

26   Removal of cat’s claw

(1)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon, must not remove a cat’s claw.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)A veterinary surgeon must not remove a cat’s claw unless the surgeon reasonably considers the removal is in the interests of the cat’s welfare.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

27   Docking tail of cattle or horse

(1)This section applies for an animal as follows—

(a)cattle;

(b)a horse.

(2)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon, must not dock the animal’s tail.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3)A veterinary surgeon must not dock the animal’s tail unless the surgeon reasonably considers the docking is in the interests of the animal’s welfare.

Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

27A   Spaying cattle

(1)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon or an accredited person, must not spay cattle using the Willis dropped-ovary technique.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)A person must not use vaginal spreaders to spay cattle that have not given birth.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3)In this section—

accredited person means a person accredited to perform the Willis dropped-ovary technique to spay cattle under an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme.

prescribed instrument, for the Willis dropped-ovary technique, means an instrument made of stainless steel that has a flattened spearhead with a slit that—

(a)is in the forward end of the spearhead; and

(b)has a sharp edge at the end of the slit; and

(c)joins an oval hole at the other end of the slit.

Willis dropped-ovary technique means a technique for spaying cattle that involves dropping ovaries into the abdominal cavity by using a prescribed instrument to—

(a)enter the abdominal cavity by piercing the wall of the vagina with the instrument’s spearhead; and

(b)place each ovary, by rectal manipulation, in the oval hole in the instrument’s spearhead; and

(c)sever the ovaries with the sharp edge of the slit in the instrument’s spearhead by retracting the instrument.

27B   Testing for pregnancy in cattle

(1)A person, other than a veterinary surgeon or an accredited person, must not use rectal palpation or transrectal ultrasound to test for pregnancy in cattle unless the person performs the test without fee or reward.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)In this section—

accredited person means a person accredited to use rectal palpation or transrectal ultrasound to test for pregnancy in cattle under an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme.

Division 3 Restriction on supplying animals that have undergone a regulated procedure

28   Restriction on supplying debarked dog

(1)A person (a supplier) must not supply another person a dog that the supplier knows has had a debarking operation performed on it unless the supplier gives the other person a signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate stating that the operation was performed in accordance with section 25(2).

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)However, subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a)the dog was abandoned; and

(b)the supplier is surrendering the dog to a pound or animal shelter.

(3)Subsection (4) applies if—

(a)a pound or animal shelter takes possession of a dog that has had a debarking procedure performed on it before the pound or animal shelter took possession of the dog; and

(b)the pound or animal shelter is not given a veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the dog as stated in subsection (1).

(4)The pound or animal shelter must not supply a person with the dog unless the pound or animal shelter gives the person a certificate stating that the dog had the debarking procedure performed on it before the pound or animal shelter took possession of the dog.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(5)Subsection (6) applies to a person who is supplied a dog—

(a)by a person in accordance with subsection (1); or

(b)by a pound or animal shelter in accordance with subsection (4).

(6)The person (an on-supplier) must not on-supply the dog to another person unless the on-supplier gives the other person—

(a)the signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate given for the dog under subsection (1); or

(b)the certificate given for the dog under subsection (4).

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

29   Other restrictions

(1)A person (a supplier) must not supply another person with an animal that the supplier knows has had a regulated procedure performed on it unless the supplier has given the other person a signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate stating that the operation was performed in the interests of the animal’s welfare.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)However, subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a)the animal was abandoned; and

(b)the supplier is surrendering the animal to a pound or animal shelter.

(3)Subsection (4) applies if—

(a)a pound or animal shelter takes possession of an animal that has had a regulated procedure performed on it; and

(b)the pound or animal shelter is not given a veterinary surgeon’s certificate for the animal in accordance with subsection (1).

(4)The pound or animal shelter must not supply someone else the animal unless the pound or animal shelter gives the person a certificate stating that the animal had the regulated procedure performed on it before the pound or animal shelter took possession of it.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(5)Subsection (6) applies to a person who is supplied an animal—

(a)by a person in accordance with subsection (1); or

(b)by a pound or animal shelter in accordance with subsection (4).

(6)The person (an on-supplier) must not on-supply the animal to another person unless the on-supplier gives the other person—

(a)the signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate given for the animal under subsection (1); or

(b)the certificate given for the animal under subsection (4).

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(7)In this section—

regulated procedure means—

(a)cropping a dog’s ear;

(b)removing a cat’s claw;

(c)docking the tail of a dog, horse or cow.

29A   Restriction for person supplied animal that has undergone regulated procedure

(1)This section applies if a person is supplied 1 of the following animals (each a supplied animal)—

(a)a dog under section 28;

(b)an animal under section 29.

(2)The person must keep the certificate given for the supplied animal while the person remains in charge of the animal.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3)The person must, if required by an inspector, make the certificate given for the supplied animal available for inspection by the inspector.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(4)In this section—

certificate, for a supplied animal, means—

(a)a signed veterinary surgeon’s certificate given for the animal as stated in section 28(1) or 29(1); or

(b)a certificate given for the animal as stated in section 28(4) or 29(4).

Part 5    Other prohibited and regulated conduct

Division 1 Other offences relating to dogs

30   Causing captive animal to be injured or killed by dog

A person must not knowingly cause an animal in captivity to be injured or killed by a dog.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

31   Releasing animal for injury or killing by dog

A person must not release an animal if the release is—

(a)to allow the animal to be injured or killed by a dog; or

(b)in circumstances in which the animal is likely to be injured or killed by a dog unless the person took reasonable steps to prevent the injury or killing.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

32   Keeping or using kill or lure for blooding or coursing

(1)A person must not keep or use an animal as a kill or lure—

(a)to give a dog a taste or sight of the animal’s blood; or

(b)to race or train a coursing dog.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)For subsection (1)(a), it does not matter whether the dog has previously tasted or seen the blood of the animal or of another animal.

33   Transporting dogs

(1)A driver must not transport a dog inside a vehicle if any part of the dog, other than its head, is able to protrude from the vehicle.

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(2)A driver must not transport a dog on the tray of a vehicle or on a trailer unless the dog is secured in such a way as to prevent it from—

(a)falling off, or out of, the tray or trailer; or

(b)moving off the tray or trailer; or

(c)being injured by the movement of the vehicle or trailer.

Maximum penalty—60 penalty units.

(3)However, subsection (2) does not apply if—

(a)the dog is being transported on the tray of a vehicle or on a trailer; and

(b)the purpose of transporting the dog is to assist in the movement of livestock.

Division 2 Possession or use of certain traps or spurs

34   Possession of prohibited trap or spur unlawful

(1)A person must not possess any of the following (a prohibited trap or spur) unless the person has a reasonable excuse—

(a)a trap prescribed under a regulation to be a prohibited trap;

(b)a spur with sharpened or fixed rowels;

(c)a cockfighting spur cap.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(2)It is a reasonable excuse to possess a prohibited trap or spur if—

(a)it has been rendered inoperable for use as a prohibited trap or spur; and

(b)the possession is for display or part of a collection.

(3)In this section—

spur includes any device similar to a spur.

35   Use of prohibited trap or spur unlawful

A person must not use a prohibited trap or spur as a trap or spur.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

Division 3 Baits or harmful substances

36   Prohibitions

(1)A person must not, with the intention of injuring or killing an animal, administer to, or feed, the animal a substance the person knows is harmful or poisonous to the animal.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)However, subsection (1) does not apply to a person authorised to administer the substance to the animal under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2019.

(3)A person must not, with the intention of injuring or killing any animal, lay a bait or a substance that is harmful or poisonous to any animal.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(4)In this section—

lay includes deposit, distribute, leave and throw.

Division 4 Allowing animal to injure or kill another animal

37   Unlawfully allowing an animal to injure or kill another animal

(1)A person in control of an animal (the first animal) must not unlawfully allow it to injure or kill another animal (the second animal).

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)The person unlawfully allows the first animal to injure or kill the second animal if immediately before the injury or killing happens—

(a)the first animal was under the person’s immediate supervision; and

Example of immediate supervision for paragraph (a)—

The first animal is within the person’s sight.

(b)the person—

(i)was aware of the second animal’s presence; and

(ii)ought reasonably to have suspected that the second animal was immediately vulnerable to the first animal and was likely to be injured or killed by it; and

(iii)did not take reasonable steps to prevent the injury or killing.

Examples of reasonable steps for subparagraph (iii)—

1If the first animal is a dog, putting the dog on a lead while the second animal is vulnerable to it.

2If the first animal is a cat, caging the cat while the second animal is vulnerable to it.

Division 5 Possession or use of prohibited devices

37A   Possession or use of prohibited devices

(1)A person must not possess any of the following devices (each a prohibited device) unless the person has a reasonable excuse—

(a)a prong collar;

(b)another restraint device prescribed by regulation.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2)A person must not use a prohibited device on an animal unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3)In this section—

prong collar means a collar that—

(a)is designed for use on a dog; and

(b)consists of a series of links or segments with prongs, teeth or blunted open ends turned towards the skin of a dog so that, when the collar is tightened, the collar pinches the skin around the dog’s neck.

restraint device means a device fitted to an animal for the purpose of restraining it.

Examples—

collars, leads, harnesses, muzzles, halters

Division 6 Possession or use of prohibited nets

37B   Possession or use of prohibited nets

(1)A person must not possess a net prescribed by a regulation (a prohibited net) unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2)A person must not use a prohibited net unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

Division 7 Firing or blistering

37C   Firing or blistering on horses and dogs

A person must not apply extreme heat or cold, or acid or another caustic chemical, to the leg of a horse or dog with the intention of causing tissue damage or developing scar tissue around the ligaments or tendons of the animal’s leg.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

Part 6    Exemptions

Division 1 Preliminary

38   Operation of pt 6

(1)Sections 40 and 41A to 47 each provide an exemption (an offence exemption) to the offences created under this chapter for a proceeding against a person for the offence.

(2)If an offence exemption applies to a particular act or omission, the person does not commit the offence that would otherwise be committed by the act or omission.

(3)The Justices Act 1886, section 76, applies to each exemption.

(4)This part does not limit another provision of this Act that creates an exemption to which the Justices Act 1886, section 76, applies.

Division 2 Compliance with relevant code

39   Offences excluded from div 2

This division does not apply to an offence—

(a)against section 15; or

(b)to which division 3 applies.

40   Compliance with relevant code of practice or scientific use code

(1)It is an offence exemption for an offence if—

(a)for an offence constituted by doing an act—

(i)a code of practice or the scientific use code states requirements for how the act may be carried out; and

(ii)the requirements, to the extent they are relevant to the act, have been complied with; or

(b)for an offence constituted by making an omission—

(i)a code of practice or the scientific use code states circumstances in which the omission may be made; and

(ii)the stated circumstances for making the omission have happened.

(2)However, if the provisions of the code about how an act may be done or the circumstances in which the omission may be made are incomplete, it is only an offence exemption if, in doing the act or making the omission, the defendant complied with any duty of care the defendant owed to each animal to which the act or omission relates.

Division 3 Other offence exemptions

41   Limits on application of offence exemptions under div 3

(1)This section applies if—

(a)an offence exemption under this division would, other than for this section, apply for an offence; and

(b)a code of practice states requirements for how the act that constitutes the offence may be carried out.

(2)The offence exemption only applies if the provisions of the code, to the extent they are relevant to the act, have been complied with.

(3)Also, if the provisions of the code about how an act may be done are incomplete, it is only an offence exemption if, in doing the act, the defendant complied with any duty of care the defendant owed to each animal to which the act relates.

41A   Killing an animal under Aboriginal tradition, Island custom or native title

(1)This section applies for an offence if the act that constitutes the offence—

(a)involves the killing of an animal; and

(b)is done—

(i)in the exercise of native title rights and interests; or

(ii)under the authority of another law of the State or the Commonwealth to take the animal to exercise Aboriginal tradition or Island custom; or

(iii)under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984, section 61.

Example—

hunting and killing an animal for personal consumption

(2)It is an offence exemption for the offence if the act is done in a way that causes the animal as little pain as is reasonable.

(3)For subsection (2), the following acts or omissions are taken not to cause the animal as little pain as is reasonable—

(a)injuring the animal to stop it escaping after it has been caught;

(b)injuring the animal or prolonging its life to attract another animal;

(c)taking flesh from the animal for human consumption before the animal is dead;

(d)doing a thing or omitting to do a thing that causes the animal to die from dehydration or starvation.

(4)In this section—

take, under the authority of another law, includes take, keep or use under the authority of the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

41B   Euthanasing sick or injured animals by veterinary surgeons

(1)This section applies for an offence if the act that constitutes the offence—

(a)involves the killing of an animal; and

(b)is done by a veterinary surgeon.

(2)In a proceeding for the offence, it is a defence for a veterinary surgeon to prove—

(a)that the act was done in the belief that the animal was so diseased or severely injured, or in such poor physical or psychological condition, that it would have been cruel to keep it alive; and

(b)that the act was done in a humane way; and

(c)that the veterinary surgeon took reasonable steps to identify and contact the person in charge of the animal before doing the act.

(3)Without limiting subsection (2)(c), reasonable steps include—

(a)scanning the animal for a microchip; and

(b)searching any relevant registers; and

(c)searching the animal for any other form of identification, including, for example, collars or tags.

42   Feral or pest animals

(1)This section applies for an offence if the act that constitutes the offence is—

(a)an act done by a person to control a feral animal or pest animal, including, for example, by killing it; and

(b)the act does not involve the use of—

(i)a prohibited trap or spur; or

(ii)a poison that includes the ingredients carbon disulfide and phosphorus.

Example—

CSSP Pig Poison

(2)It is an offence exemption for the offence—

(a)if the act is done in a way that causes the animal as little pain as is reasonable; and

(b)the control complies with any conditions prescribed under a regulation.

(3)In this section—

feral animal means an animal living in a wild state that is a member of a class of animals that usually live in a domestic state.

Examples of classes of animals that usually live in a domestic state—

buffalo, cats, dogs, donkeys, goats, horses and pigs

pest animal means any of the following—

(a)a non-indigenous animal generally regarded as being a pest;

Examples—

black rats, brown rats and cane toads

(b)an animal that is prohibited matter or restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014;

Notes—

1See the Biosecurity Act 2014, schedule 1 or schedule 2.

2See also the note to the Biosecurity Act 2014, schedules 1 and 2.

(c)an animal declared under a regulation made under this Act to be a pest;

(d)an animal required to be controlled under an Act;

(e)an animal the subject of a measure or program to control disease under the Biosecurity Act 2014 or another Act.

43   Animals used to feed another animal

It is an offence exemption for an offence for a person if—

(a)the act that constitutes the offence involves using an animal (the food animal) as live food for another animal (the fed animal); and

(b)the food animal and the fed animal are both lawfully kept by the person; and

(c)the fed animal will only eat the food animal if it is alive; and

(d)feeding the food animal to the fed animal is essential for the fed animal’s survival.

44   Fishing using certain live bait

It is an offence exemption for an offence if—

(a)the act that constitutes the offence involves the use of a live creature as follows for bait or as a lure to take, or attempt to take, fish—

(i)a fish;

(ii)an invertebrate of a species from the class Cephalopoda or Malacostraca; and

(b)the fishing or attempted fishing complies with any conditions prescribed under a regulation.

45   Slaughter under religious faith

It is an offence exemption for an offence if—

(a)the act that constitutes the offence involves the slaughter, under a religious faith, of an animal; and

(b)the slaughtered animal is to be used for human food; and

(c)the person doing the slaughtering follows the religious faith.

46   Use of fishing apparatus under shark fishing contract

It is an offence exemption for an offence if—

(a)the act that constitutes the offence is the use of fishing apparatus under the Fisheries Act 1994; and

(b)the use is—

(i)to protect persons from attack by sharks; and

(ii)carried out under an agreement between any person and the State for the disposal, tagging or taking of sharks.

47   Supplying animal

It is an offence exemption for an offence if—

(a)the act that constitutes the offence is supplying an animal; and

Note—

See part 4, division 3 (Restriction on supplying animals that have undergone a regulated procedure).

(b)the supply is—

(i)by or for a prescribed entity; or

(ii)by an inspector for the State.

Chapter 4    Using animals for scientific purposes

Part 1    Preliminary

48   When an animal is used for scientific purposes

(1)An animal is used for scientific purposes if it is used in an activity performed to acquire, demonstrate or develop knowledge or a technique in any field of science.

Examples of an activity—

•diagnosis

•environmental studies

•field trials

•producing biological products

•product testing

•research, including for example, creating or breeding a new line of animal

•teaching

(2)However, despite subsection (1), banding a bird or tagging a fish is not use of the bird or fish for scientific purposes.

(3)The use of an animal for scientific purposes also includes using any of the remains of an animal that was killed for the purpose of carrying out an activity mentioned in subsection (1).

49   What is the scientific use code

(1)The scientific use code means the ‘Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes 8th edition (2013)’, published by or for the National Health and Medical Research Council, including each new edition, as in force from time to time.

Editor’s note—

On the commencement of this subsection, the scientific use code was available on the National Health and Medical Research Council’s website at chief executive must keep a copy of the most recent edition or revision of the code as in force from time to time, open for inspection, free of charge, by members of the public during office hours on business days at—

(a)the department’s head office; and

(b)other places the chief executive considers appropriate.

(3)If a new edition or revision of the code is published, the Minister must, within 14 sitting days after publication, table a copy of the edition or revision in the Legislative Assembly.

(4)In this section—

published includes publication on the internet website of the National Health and Medical Research Council.

50   Definitions for ch 4

In this chapter—

animal ethics committee means an animal ethics committee formed under the scientific use code.

conviction, for an animal welfare offence, means a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for—

(a)an animal welfare offence; or

(b)an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the act or omission that constitutes the offence would, if it happens in Queensland, be an animal welfare offence; or

(c)an offence committed anywhere in Australia before this part commenced that, apart from the non-commencement of this part, would have been an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

disqualifying event means—

(a)a conviction for an animal welfare offence; or

(b)the cancellation or suspension, under part 2, division 4, subdivision 2, of registration; or

(c)the cancellation or suspension, under a law of another State or the Commonwealth, of an authority, instrument, licence permit or registration, however called, that is the same as, or similar to, registration under this chapter.

spent conviction ...

Part 2    Registration of scientific users

Division 1 Who must obtain registration

51   Requirement for registration

(1)A person must not use an animal for a scientific purpose, or allow an animal to be used for a scientific purpose unless the person is—

(a)registered; or

(b)an individual retained by a registered person acting in the course of the individual’s retainer; or

(c)a student at a college, institute, school, university or other institution that is registered and acting in the course of the person’s studies with the institution.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2)In this section—

retained means employed or engaged, whether or not for remuneration.

Division 2 Obtaining registration

Subdivision 1 Registration applications

52   Applying for registration

(1)A person may apply to the chief executive for, or to renew, registration (a registration application).

(2)A registration application must—

(a)be made in the approved form; and

(b)state each of the following—

(i)the applicant’s name and address;

(ii)the name of each animal ethics committee proposed for the applicant;

(iii)terms of reference for each committee;

(iv)if the applicant is not an individual—the person or office holder to whom each proposed chairperson of each committee must report; and

(c)be supported by enough other information to enable the chief executive to decide the application; and

(d)be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

53   Chief executive may seek further documents or information

(1)The chief executive may, after a registration application has been made, by notice, require the applicant to give the chief executive a stated document or information that is relevant to the application.

(2)The notice may require the applicant to verify the correctness of the document or information by statutory declaration.

Subdivision 2 Deciding registration application

54   Deciding application

The chief executive must consider and either grant or refuse each registration application within 28 days after the last of the following events to happen—

(a)the making of the application;

(b)the chief executive’s receipt of all necessary information to decide the application;

(c)if, under section 53, the chief executive has required the applicant to give a document or information—the giving of the required document or information.

55   Criteria for decision

(1)The chief executive must not grant a registration application unless the chief executive is satisfied the applicant and each animal ethics committee proposed for the applicant is likely, if the applicant is registered, to comply with the scientific use code.

(2)In considering the application, the chief executive must consider—

(a)whether a disqualifying event has happened in relation to the applicant or any proposed member of an animal ethics committee for the applicant; and

(b)if the applicant is a corporation, whether a disqualifying event has happened in relation to—

(i)any of its executive officers; or

(ii)another corporation of which any of its executive officers is, or has been, an executive officer; and

(c)another matter prescribed under a regulation.

(3)Subsections (1) and (2) do not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

56   Registration conditions

The chief executive may, in granting a registration application, impose conditions on the registration that are relevant and reasonable (registration conditions).

Subdivision 3 Action after decision on registration application

57   Grant of registration application

If a registration application is granted, the chief executive must as soon as practicable—

(a)comply with section 61 in relation to the applicant; and

(b)give the applicant a signed registration certificate in the approved form.

58   Term of registration

(1)Registration is for the term stated on the registration certificate.

(2)The stated term must not be longer than 4 years.

(3)A replacement registration certificate given under section 79 or 88 does not extend or otherwise affect the term.

59   Notice of refusal of registration application

The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after making a decision as follows about a registration application, give the applicant an information notice about the decision—

(a)a decision to refuse the application;

(b)a decision to impose a registration condition.

Division 3 Register of scientific users

Subdivision 1 The register

60   Register

(1)The chief executive must keep a register of persons registered to use animals for scientific purposes.

(2)The chief executive may keep the register in the way the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, in electronic form.

61   Registration details

(1)The register must state the following for each registered person—

(a)the person’s name, address and registered number;

(b)each of the following items of information from the person’s registration application—

(i)each animal ethics committee for the person;

(ii)the terms of reference for each committee;

(iii)if the person is not an individual—the person or office holder to whom each proposed chairperson of each committee must report;

(c)other information prescribed under a regulation.

(2)The register may include other information the chief executive considers appropriate.

(3)The information recorded under subsections (1) and (2) in the register for a registered person is called the person’s registration details.

62   Inspection of register

Subject to section 70, the chief executive must—

(a)keep the register open for inspection, free of charge, by members of the public during office hours on business days at the department’s head office; and

Note—

At the commencement of this section, the department’s head office was at 41 George Street, Brisbane.

(b)allow a person to take extracts, free of charge, from the register; and

(c)give a person a copy of the register, or a part of it, on payment of the fee prescribed under a regulation.

63   False representations about registration

A person must not, in connection with the use of an animal for a scientific purpose, intentionally or recklessly falsely represent that the person or someone else is a registered person.

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.

Subdivision 2 Exemption from disclosure of registration details

64   Who may apply

(1)A registered person or an applicant for registration may apply to the chief executive for an exemption (a disclosure exemption) for stated registration details or proposed registration details for the person.

(2)However, a disclosure exemption can be given for the person’s name only if the person is an individual.

65   Requirements for application

A disclosure exemption application must be in the approved form and state—

(a)that the registration details, or proposed registration details, the subject of the application are—

(i)not required to be disclosed under another law of the State; and

(ii)not publicly available; and

(b)that disclosure of the registration details is likely to disadvantage the interests of the applicant or a stated member of an animal ethics committee or proposed animal ethics committee for the applicant; and

(c)the nature of the disadvantage.

66   Deciding application

The chief executive must consider each disclosure exemption application and either grant or refuse the disclosure exemption applied for within 28 days after the last of the following events to happen—

(a)the making of the application;

(b)if the applicant is not a registered person—the deciding of the registration application to which the disclosure exemption application relates.

67   Criteria for decision

The chief executive may grant a disclosure exemption only if the chief executive is satisfied—

(a)the registration details the subject of the exemption are—

(i)not required to be disclosed under another law of the State; and

(ii)not publicly available; and

(b)disclosure of the details is likely to disadvantage the interests of the applicant or a member of an animal ethics committee or proposed animal ethics committee for the applicant for the exemption; and

(c)the disadvantage outweighs the public interest in the details being disclosed.

68   Exemption may be limited

The chief executive may grant a disclosure exemption for the whole or part of the registration details the subject of the relevant application.

69   Notice of refusal of disclosure exemption application

The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after making a decision as follows about a disclosure exemption application, give the applicant an information notice about the decision—

(a)a decision to refuse the application;

(b)a decision to grant a disclosure exemption, but for only part of the registration details the subject of the relevant application.

70   Effects of disclosure exemption

(1)The chief executive must not allow a person (the first person) to inspect, take extracts from or copy exempted material unless—

(a)the relevant registered person has agreed in writing; or

(b)the first person is performing functions under or in relation to the administration of this Act; or

(c)the disclosure is expressly permitted or required under another Act.

(2)An official must not disclose exempted material acquired by the official in the official’s capacity as an official to anyone else, unless the disclosure is made under subsection (1).

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3)In this section—

exempted material means any of the following that the relevant registered person has not publicly disclosed—

(a)the registration details the subject of a disclosure exemption;

(b)a part of a document submitted, or proposed to be submitted, under this Act that contains the details.

official means—

(a)a person who is, or has been, a public service employee; or

(b)another person performing functions under or in relation to the administration of this Act.

Division 4 Amendment, cancellation or suspension

Subdivision 1 Amendment of registration details

71   Amendments for which proposed action notice not required

The chief executive may amend a person’s registration details at any time by giving the person notice of the amendment and recording particulars of the amendment in the register if the amendment—

(a)is to correct a clerical or formal error; or

(b)does not adversely affect the person’s interests; or

(c)is at the person’s written request.

72   Amendments for which proposed action notice is required

The chief executive may amend a person’s registration if—

(a)the chief executive considers the amendment necessary or desirable; and

(b)the procedure under subdivision 3 is followed.

Subdivision 2 Cancellation or suspension of registration

73   Conditions for cancellation or suspension

(1)The chief executive may cancel or suspend a person’s registration if—

(a)an event mentioned in subsection (2) has happened; and

(b)the procedure under subdivision 3 is followed.

(2)For subsection (1), the event is any of the following—

(a)the registration was because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration, made either orally or in writing;

(b)the person has not complied with a registration condition;

(c)the person has not paid a fee prescribed under this Act in relation to the registration;

(d)if the person is an individual—

(i)a disqualifying event happens in relation to the individual; or

(ii)the individual becomes an undischarged bankrupt or, as a debtor, takes advantage of any law about bankruptcy or insolvent debtors;

(e)if the person is a corporation—

(i)a disqualifying event happens in relation to any of its executive officers or another corporation of which any of its executive officers is, or has been, an executive officer; or

(ii)it becomes insolvent as defined under the Corporations Act, section 95A;

(f)a disqualifying event happens in relation to a member of an animal ethics committee for the person;

(g)an animal ethics committee for the person has not—

(i)performed any of its functions under the scientific use code; or

(ii)complied with the code to the extent it is relevant to the committee.

Subdivision 3 Procedure for amendment, cancellation or suspension

74   Application of sdiv 3

This subdivision applies if the chief executive proposes to—

(a)amend, under section 72, a person’s registration details; or

(b)cancel or suspend a person’s registration.

75   Notice of proposed action

(1)The chief executive must give the person a notice stating each of the following—

(a)the action (the proposed action) the chief executive proposes to take under this subdivision;

(b)the grounds for the proposed action;

(c)the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds;

(d)if the proposed action is to amend registration details—the proposed amendment;

(e)if the proposed action is to suspend the registration—the proposed suspension period;

(f)that the holder may make, within a stated period, written representations to show why the proposed action should not be taken.

(2)The stated period must end at least 28 days after the holder is given the notice.

76   Considering representations

(1)The chief executive must consider any written representation made under section 75 by the person within the period stated in the notice.

(2)If the chief executive at any time decides not to take the proposed action, the chief executive must promptly give the person notice of the decision.

77   Decision on proposed action

If, after complying with section 76, the chief executive still believes a ground exists to take the proposed action, the chief executive may decide to—

(a)if the proposed action was to amend registration details—make the amendment; or

(b)if the proposed action was to suspend the registration for a stated period—suspend the registration for no longer than the proposed suspension period; or

(c)if the proposed action was to cancel the registration—

(i)cancel the registration; or

(ii)suspend it for a fixed period.

78   Notice and taking of effect of proposed action decision

(1)The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after making a decision under section 77, give the person an information notice about the decision.

(2)The decision takes effect on the later of the following—

(a)the day the notice is given to the holder;

(b)a later day of effect stated in the notice.

(3)However, if the decision was to cancel or suspend the registration because of a conviction, the cancellation or suspension—

(a)does not take effect until—

(i)the period to appeal against the conviction ends; and

(ii)if an appeal is made against the conviction—the appeal is finally decided or is otherwise ended; and

(b)has no effect if the conviction is quashed on appeal.

Subdivision 4 Steps after amendment or suspension

79   Replacement of registration certificate

If the chief executive amends a person’s registration details, the chief executive must, as soon as practicable after making the amendment, give the person a replacement registration certificate that reflects the amendment.

80   Requirement to record suspension

If a person’s registration is suspended under this division, the chief executive must record in the register particulars of when the suspension period starts and ends.

Division 5 Investigation of applicants and registered persons

81   Application of div 5

This division applies if the chief executive is making a decision (the registration decision) about whether or not to—

(a)grant a registration application; or

(b)take proposed action in relation to a person’s registration.

82   Animal welfare offence reports

(1)The commissioner of the police service must, if asked by the chief executive, give the chief executive a written report (an animal welfare offence report) about—

(a)any convictions for animal welfare offences recorded against—

(i)the applicant; or

(ii)the registered person; or

(iii)any member or proposed member of an animal ethics committee for the applicant or registered person; and

(b)if the applicant or registered person is a corporation, whether a disqualifying event has happened in relation to—

(i)any of its executive officers; and

(ii)another corporation of which any of its executive officers is, or has been, an executive officer.

(2)The report must be prepared from—

(a)information in the commissioner’s possession; and

(b)information the commissioner can reasonably obtain by asking officials administering police services in other Australian jurisdictions.

(3)However, subsection (2) is subject to the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986.

83   Use of information in animal welfare offence report

(1)This section applies if the chief executive is considering information about a person contained in an animal welfare offence report.

(2)The information must not be used for any purpose other than to make the registration decision.

(3)When making the decision, the chief executive must have regard to the following matters relating to information about the commission of an offence by the person—

(a)when the offence was committed;

(b)the nature of the offence and its relevance to the decision.

84   Notice of use of information in animal welfare offence report

Before using information contained in an animal welfare offence report to make the registration decision, the chief executive must—

(a)disclose the information to the person to whom the report relates; and

(b)allow the person a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the chief executive about the information.

85   [Repealed]

86   Destruction of animal welfare offence reports

(1)This section applies if the chief executive has obtained an animal welfare offence report and the registration decision has been made.

(2)The chief executive must destroy the report as soon as practicable after the later of the following—

(a)if a conviction is mentioned in the report—

(i)the end of the period to appeal against the conviction; or

(ii)the deciding or the ending of any appeal against the conviction and any appeal from that appeal;

(b)the end of any period under this Act to appeal against, or apply for a review of, the registration decision;

(c)the deciding or other ending of an appeal or review mentioned in paragraph (b) and any appeal from that appeal or review.

Division 6 Miscellaneous provisions

87   Reporting obligations of registered persons

(1)Each registered person must, on or before 31 May in each year (the reporting day), give the chief executive a written report (an annual report) for the period from 1 January to 31 December immediately before the reporting day that complies with subsection (2).

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units.

(2)For subsection (1), an annual report must state—

(a)information prescribed under a regulation about—

(i)animals the person has used, or allowed to be used, for scientific purposes; and

(ii)complaints, enquiries and grievances about the use of animals for scientific purposes; and

(b)another matter prescribed under a regulation about the scientific use of animals by the person.

(3)The chief executive and the registered person may, by writing, agree to change the reporting day to another day (the new reporting day).

(4)If the reporting day is changed—

(a)the period from when the last annual report was given to the new reporting day is taken to be a period for which an annual report must be given under subsection (1); and

(b)subject to paragraph (a), the period mentioned in subsection (1) is taken to be changed to the equivalent period that corresponds with the change.

87A   Notification of change in circumstances

(1)This section applies to a registered person if—

(a)a disqualifying event happens in relation to the person; or

(b)a material particular in the information given for the person’s application for registration changes.

(2)The person must give notice of the event or change to the chief executive within 7 business days after the event or change happens.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

88   Replacement registration certificates

(1)A registered person may apply to the chief executive for a replacement registration certificate if the person’s registration certificate has been damaged, destroyed or lost.

(2)The application must be in the approved form and accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation.

(3)The chief executive may give the replacement certificate only if the chief executive is satisfied the person’s registration certificate has been damaged, destroyed or lost.

89   No transfer of registration

A person’s registration can not be transferred.

90   Surrender of registration

(1)A registered person may, by notice to the chief executive, surrender the registration.

(2)The surrender takes effect on the later of the following—

(a)the day the notice is given;

(b)a day stated in the notice for the surrender.

Part 3    Restrictions on scientific users

91   Use for scientific purposes must comply with code

A person must not use an animal for a scientific purpose, or allow an animal to be used for a scientific purpose, unless—

(a)the use is approved by an animal ethics committee whose registered terms of reference includes monitoring the use; and

(b)any requirements of the committee made under the scientific use code in relation to the use have been complied with; and

(c)the provisions of the code, to the extent they are relevant to the use, have been complied with.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

92   Use for certain scientific purposes unlawful

A person must not, without the chief executive’s written approval—

(a)conduct the test commonly known as the Draize eye or skin irritancy test, or a similar test; or

(b)conduct the test commonly known as the classical LD 50 test, or a similar test; or

(c)use an animal for a scientific purpose if the use involves—

(i)a sunscreen product; or

(ii)an ingredient of a sunscreen product.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

93   Obtaining approval to use for unlawful scientific purpose

(1)A registered person may apply to the chief executive for approval to conduct a test or use an animal in a way mentioned in section 92.

(2)The application must be in the approved form and accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation.

(3)The chief executive must consider and either grant or refuse the application within 28 days after the making of the application.

(4)However, the chief executive may grant the application only if the chief executive is satisfied—

(a)the test or use has been approved by the animal ethics committee whose registered terms of reference includes monitoring the test or use; and

(b)any requirements of the committee made under the scientific use code in relation to the test or use are likely to be complied with.

(5)Subsection (4) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

(6)If the application is granted, the approval takes effect on the later of the following—

(a)the day the applicant is given notice of the approval;

(b)a later day of effect stated in the notice.

(7)If the chief executive decides to refuse the application, the chief executive must, after making the decision, as soon as practicable, give the applicant an information notice about the decision.

Chapter 4A    Approved cattle procedures accreditation schemes

Division 1 Preliminary

93A   Definitions for chapter

In this chapter—

approval, for a cattle procedures accreditation scheme, means the chief executive’s approval of the scheme under section 93G.

approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme means a cattle procedures accreditation scheme approved by the chief executive under division 2.

cattle procedures accreditation scheme see section 93B.

owner, of an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme, means the person who has the right to manage and administer the scheme.

prescribed procedure means—

(a)spaying cattle using the Willis dropped-ovary technique; or

(b)testing for pregnancy in cattle using—

(i)rectal palpation; or

(ii)transrectal ultrasound.

93B   What is a cattle procedures accreditation scheme

A cattle procedures accreditation scheme is a scheme that provides for the following functions—

(a)accrediting persons to perform a prescribed procedure on cattle in accordance with the scheme, including—

(i)setting the competency requirements for accreditation; and

(ii)granting an accreditation; and

(iii)setting the form of an accreditation; and

(iv)setting the terms and conditions of accreditation, including provisional accreditation; and

(v)auditing an accredited person’s activities under an accreditation; and

(vi)responding to an accredited person’s noncompliance with the accreditation, including by suspending or cancelling the accreditation;

(b)reviewing decisions made, and resolving disputes, under the scheme;

(c)assessing and investigating complaints about the conduct of accredited persons;

(d)developing operational procedures to apply under the scheme;

(e)recording and disclosing information about a person’s accreditation.

93C   Purpose of cattle procedures accreditation scheme

The purpose of the cattle procedures accreditation scheme is to allow persons to gain accreditation to perform prescribed procedures on cattle under this Act.

Division 2 Approval of cattle procedures accreditation schemes

93D   Applying for approval

(1)The owner of a cattle procedures accreditation scheme may apply to the chief executive for approval of the scheme.

(2)The application must be—

(a)made in the approved form; and

(b)accompanied by a document that sets out the arrangements for each of the functions of the cattle procedures accreditation scheme mentioned in section 93B.

93E   Criteria for approval

The chief executive may approve a cattle procedures accreditation scheme if satisfied the scheme provides for each of the functions mentioned in section 93B.

93F   Request for further information

(1)The chief executive may, by written notice given to the applicant, request the applicant to give the chief executive further information the chief executive reasonably requires to decide the application to approve a cattle procedures accreditation scheme.

(2)The written notice must state—

(a)the information requested; and

(b)the day, not earlier than 28 days after the notice is given to the applicant, by which the further information is required to be given to the chief executive; and

(c)that the chief executive may cancel the application if the applicant does not comply with the notice.

(3)The applicant must give the information to the chief executive in writing unless the notice states a different way in which to give the information.

(4)If the applicant does not comply with the notice, the chief executive may give the applicant a written notice cancelling the application.

(5)The cancellation of the application under subsection (4) takes effect on the day the notice cancelling the application is given to the applicant.

93G   Deciding application

(1)For each application for approval, the chief executive must decide to—

(a)approve the application; or

(b)refuse to approve the application; or

(c)approve the application subject to conditions.

(2)If the chief executive approves the application, the chief executive must give the applicant notice of the decision.

(3)If the chief executive refuses to approve the application, or approves the application subject to conditions, the chief executive must give the applicant an information notice about the decision as soon as practicable after making the decision.

Division 3 Amendment of approval

93H   Applying for amendment of approval

(1)The holder of an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme may apply to the chief executive to amend the approval.

(2)The application must be—

(a)made in the approved form; and

(b)supported by sufficient information to enable the chief executive to decide the application.

93I   Request for further information

(1)The chief executive may, by written notice given to the applicant, request the applicant to give the chief executive further information the chief executive reasonably requires to decide the application.

(2)The written notice must state—

(a)the information requested; and

(b)the time, not earlier than 28 days after the notice is given to the applicant, by which the further information is required to be given to the chief executive; and

(c)that the chief executive may cancel the application if the applicant does not comply with the notice.

(3)The applicant must give the information to the chief executive in writing unless the notice states a different way in which to give the information.

(4)If the applicant does not comply with the notice, the chief executive may give the applicant a written notice cancelling the application.

(5)The cancellation of the application under subsection (4) takes effect on the day the notice cancelling the application for the amendment is given to the applicant.

93J   Deciding amendment application

(1)For each application for amendment of an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme, the chief executive must decide to—

(a)approve the application; or

(b)refuse to approve the application; or

(c)if the applicant agrees in writing to another amendment—approve the agreed amendment.

(2)If the chief executive approves the application, the chief executive must give the applicant notice of the decision.

(3)If the chief executive refuses to approve the application, the chief executive must give the applicant an information notice about the decision as soon as practicable after making the decision.

93K   Amendment of approval by chief executive

(1)The chief executive may decide to amend an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme at any time without an application from the holder of the approval.

(2)Without limiting subsection (1), an amendment of an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme may impose, vary or remove a condition of the approval.

(3)If the chief executive amends an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme, the chief executive must give the holder of the approval an information notice about the decision as soon as practicable after making the decision.

Division 4 Cancellation or suspension of approval

93L   Purpose of division

The purpose of this division is to provide the process for suspending or cancelling an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme.

93M   Grounds for suspending or cancelling approval

Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme—

(a)the approval was granted because of materially false or misleading information;

(b)the holder of the approval failed to comply with a condition of the approval.

93N    Notice of proposed action

(1)This section applies if the chief executive believes a ground exists to suspend or cancel an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme.

(2)The chief executive must give the holder of the approval a notice stating each of the following—

(a)the action (the proposed action) the chief executive proposes to take under this division;

(b)the grounds for the proposed action;

(c)the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the grounds;

(d)if the proposed action is to suspend the approval—the proposed suspension period of not longer than 2 years;

(e)that the holder may make, within a stated period, written representations to show why the proposed action should not be taken.

(3)The stated period must not end less than 28 days after the holder is given the notice.

93O    Considering representations

(1)The chief executive must consider all written representations made under section 93N.

(2)After considering the written representations, the chief executive may decide to take no further action.

(3)If the chief executive decides not to take any further action, the chief executive must give the holder of the approval notice of the decision as soon as possible after making the decision.

93P    Decision on proposed action

If, after considering all written representations made under section 93N, the chief executive believes a ground exists to take the proposed action, the chief executive may decide to—

(a)if the proposed action was to suspend the approval—suspend the approval for a period not longer than the suspension period stated in the notice given to the holder of the approval under section 93N; or

(b)if the proposed action was to cancel the approval—

(i)cancel the approval; or

(ii)suspend the approval for a term of not longer than 2 years.

93Q    Notice and effect of decision

(1)After making a decision about the approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme under section 93P, the chief executive must give the holder of the approval an information notice about the decision as soon as practicable after making the decision.

(2)The decision takes effect on the later of the following days—

(a)the day the information notice is given to the holder;

(b)a later day stated in the information notice.

Division 5 Register

93R   Register

(1)The chief executive must keep a register of approved cattle procedures accreditation schemes.

(2)The register must contain the following particulars for each approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme—

(a)the name of the scheme;

(b)the day the scheme was approved;

(c)the status of the scheme;

(d)the name and contact details of the owner of the scheme.

(3)The chief executive must publish the register on the department’s website.

Chapter 4B    Obligations relating to livestock slaughter facilities

Part 1    Preliminary

93S   Definitions for chapter

In this chapter—

livestock includes alpacas, buffalo, camels, deer, emus, goats, ostriches, pigs or poultry.

livestock slaughter facility means a facility used to slaughter—

(a)horses; or

(b)other livestock of a kind or class prescribed by regulation.

Part 2    Closed-circuit television equipment for livestock slaughter facilities

93T   Closed-circuit television equipment

(1)The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must install, maintain and operate closed-circuit television equipment at the facility that records movement at the facility as required by subsection (2).

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

(2)The closed-circuit television equipment must clearly record the movement of livestock at each of the following locations at the livestock slaughter facility (each a monitoring point)—

(a)an entrance to the facility;

(b)an area used to unload livestock;

(c)an area used to hold livestock;

(d)an area at which livestock is handled before slaughter;

(e)an area used to slaughter livestock, including, the areas used to restrain, exsanguinate or stun livestock.

93U   Requirements for closed-circuit television equipment

The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must—

(a)ensure that closed-circuit television equipment at the facility—

(i)meets the minimum requirements for the equipment prescribed by regulation; and

(ii)complies with all requirements about maintaining the equipment prescribed by regulation; and

(iii)is recording at all times when livestock is at the facility; and

(b)store each recording made by closed-circuit television equipment at the facility in a secure place in compliance with all requirements about storage prescribed by regulation.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

93V   Signs to be displayed at livestock slaughter facilities

The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must display signage at the facility in a way that is likely to make any person at the facility aware that closed-circuit television equipment is installed at the facility.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

93W   Inspecting recordings

(1)The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must keep each recording made by closed-circuit television equipment at the facility available for inspection by an inspector until the recording may be erased or destroyed under subsection (2) or (3).

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

(2)The owner may only erase or destroy a recording 30 days after the recording is made.

(3)However, an inspector may, within 30 days after the recording is made, require that the owner not erase or destroy the recording earlier than 1 year and 30 days after it is made.

(4)A requirement made of the owner under subsection (3) must be made by written notice given to the owner.

93X   Operating closed-circuit television equipment

The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must not allow closed-circuit television equipment at the facility to be operated by any person other than—

(a)the owner; or

(b)another person approved by the owner.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

93Y   Use of recordings

A recording made by closed-circuit television equipment at a livestock slaughter facility may only be used by an inspector for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting an animal welfare offence, including using the recording as evidence of the offence.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

Part 3    Requirement to notify chief executive

93Z   Owner of livestock slaughter facility must notify chief executive of particular matters

(1)The owner of a livestock slaughter facility must give the chief executive notice, in the approved form, of the arrival of any horse at the facility no later than 2 business days before the horse arrives at the facility.

Maximum penalty—300 penalty units.

(2)However, if the owner is made aware of the arrival of a horse at the facility later than 2 business days before the horse arrives, the notice must be given to the chief executive as soon as possible after the owner becomes aware of the arrival.

Chapter 5    Code compliance monitoring

Part 1    Preliminary

94   Purposes of ch 5

(1)The purposes of this chapter are to—

(a)ensure compliance with compulsory code requirements and the scientific use code; and

(b)prevent animal suffering; and

(c)promote standards of animal care provided for under codes of practice.

(2)The purposes are achieved by providing for—

(a)authorised officers to monitor compulsory code requirements and the scientific use code; and

(b)programs about carrying out the monitoring.

Part 2    Monitoring programs

95   Chief executive may make monitoring program

(1)The chief executive may, by complying with the requirements of this part, make a program stating requirements for authorised officers about monitoring a compulsory code requirement or the scientific use code (a monitoring program).

(2)However, a failure to comply with a requirement of this part does not invalidate or otherwise affect the monitoring program.

(3)A monitoring program may be for any of the following—

(a)more than 1 compulsory code requirement;

(b)compulsory code requirements under different codes of practice;

(c)a compulsory code requirement and the scientific use code.

96   Publication of draft monitoring program

(1)The chief executive must publish a notice of a draft monitoring program in a newspaper likely to be read by people in the State particularly affected by each compulsory code requirement or provision of the scientific code to which the draft program relates (the relevant code provisions).

(b)departed from accepted standards of professional conduct.

(4)Without limiting subsections (2) and (3)—

(a)in a proceeding for defamation, the person has a defence of absolute privilege for publishing the information; and

(b)if the person would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information under an Act, oath or rule of law or practice, the person—

(i)does not contravene the Act, oath or rule of law or practice by giving the information; and

(ii)is not liable to disciplinary action for giving the information.

215AA    Protection from liability for euthanasing sick or injured animals

(1)This section applies if a veterinary surgeon euthanased an animal under section 41B.

(2)The veterinary surgeon is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an administrative process for euthanasing the animal.

215B   Sharing of information by authorised officer or inspector

(1)Despite section 214B, an authorised officer or inspector may give information obtained under this Act in the following circumstances—

(a)to a police officer if the authorised officer or inspector reasonably believes the information will help a police officer in the performance of the police officer’s functions in relation to—

(i)an animal; or

(ii)an animal welfare offence;

(b)to an RIA authorised officer if the authorised officer or inspector reasonably believes the information will help an RIA authorised officer in the performance of the officer’s functions under the Racing Integrity Act 2016 in relation to—

(i)an animal; or

(ii)an animal welfare offence.

(2)In this section—

RIA authorised officer means an authorised officer under the Racing Integrity Act 2016.

215C   Interaction with other laws about giving information

(1)Sections 215A and 215B do not limit a power or obligation under another Act or law to give information about an animal or an animal welfare offence.

(2)Sections 215A and 215B apply to information—

(a)despite any other law that would otherwise prohibit or restrict the giving of the information; and

(b)whenever the information was obtained including before the commencement.

Example of another law for paragraph (a)—

Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 10.1

215D   Chief executive (transport) must disclose information

(1)This section applies if—

(a)an inspector is reasonably satisfied that vehicle registry information may be used, in an investigation under this Act about an animal welfare offence, to identify—

(i)the owner of a vehicle the inspector reasonably suspects was used in the commission of the offence; or

(ii)a person whom the inspector reasonably suspects committed the offence; and

(b)the inspector asks the chief executive (transport) for the information.

(2)The chief executive (transport) must disclose the information to the inspector if the chief executive (transport) reasonably considers that the information may be used to identify the person or the owner of the vehicle.

(3)In this section—

chief executive (transport) means the chief executive of the department in which the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 is administered.

vehicle registry information means information kept in the register of registered vehicles under a regulation under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.

215DA    Disclosure requirement

(1)This section applies if—

(a)an inspector is investigating an alleged animal welfare offence; and

(b)the inspector is an employee or agent of the RSPCA.

(2)The chief executive may, by written notice, require the RSPCA to give the chief executive copies of, or access to, all documents and information relating to the investigation that are held by the RSPCA.

(3)The RSPCA must provide the information by the day stated in the notice.

(4)The stated day must not be less than 14 days after the notice is given to the RSPCA.

(5)In this section—

RSPCA means the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Queensland) Limited.

215E   Use of body-worn camera by authorised officer or inspector

(1)It is lawful for an authorised officer or inspector to use a body-worn camera to record images or sounds while—

(a)for an authorised officer—the authorised officer is exercising a power under chapter 5, part 4; or

(b)for an inspector—the inspector is exercising a power under chapter 6, part 2.

(2)Use of a body-worn camera by an authorised officer or inspector under subsection (1) includes use that is—

(a)inadvertent or unexpected; or

(b)incidental to use while exercising the authorised officer’s or inspector’s power.

(3)Subsection (1) does not affect an ability the authorised officer or inspector has at common law or under another Act to record images or sounds.

(4)To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (1) is a provision authorising the use by an authorised officer or inspector of a listening device, for the purposes of the Invasion of Privacy Act 1971, section 43(2)(d).

(5)In this section—

body-worn camera means a device—

(a)worn on clothing or otherwise secured on a person; and

(b)designed to be used to—

(i)record images; or

(ii)record images and sounds.

216   Approved forms

The chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act.

217   Regulation-making power

(1)The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.

(2)A regulation may be made about any of the following—

(a)animal accommodation;

(b)the confinement of animals;

(c)animal transportation;

(d)using animals as follows—

(i)for advertisements, films, photographs or television programs;

(ii)as companion animals;

(iii)for commercial, recreational or scientific purposes;

(iv)in entertainment;

(v)for medical or surgical procedures;

(vi)in pet shops;

(e)licences or permits for regulating a use of animals mentioned in paragraph (d) and the conditions of a licence or permit;

(f)medical or surgical procedures for animals;

(g)record keeping by—

(i)a licence or permit holder; or

(ii)a registered person;

(h)electrical devices that may, or must not, be used on any animal or a stated species of animal;

(i)charges payable, costs or fees under this Act and the following—

(i)the matters in relation to which the fees are payable;

(ii)the amounts of the fees;

(iii)the persons who are liable to pay the fees;

(iv)when the fees are payable;

(v)the recovery of an amount of the fees not paid.

(3)A regulation may impose a penalty of no more than 20 penalty units for contravention of a regulation.

Part 3    [Expired]

Division 1 [Expired]

Division 2 [Expired]

Division 3 [Expired]

Division 4 [Expired]

Chapter 9    Transitional provisions

Part 1    Transitional provision for Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Act 2006

218   Reporting obligation of registered person

(1)This section applies to a registered person if, under section 87 as in force before the commencement, the person has given the chief executive an annual report for the period ending on 30 April 2006 or a new reporting day for that period.

(2)For the registered person’s first annual report after the report mentioned in subsection (1), section 87 as in force after the commencement applies to the person as if a reference in section 87(1) to the period from 1 January to 31 December were a reference to—

(a)if the person’s annual report mentioned in subsection (1) was for the period ending on 30 April 2006—the period from 1 May to 31 December; or

(b)if the person’s annual report mentioned in subsection (1) was for the period ending on a new reporting day—the period from the day after the new reporting day to 31 December.

(3)In this section—

annual report means a written report required to be given to the chief executive under section 87.

commencement means the day this section commences.

new reporting day means a new reporting day under section 87(3).

Part 2    Transitional provisions for Agriculture and Fisheries and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024

219   Definitions for part

In this part—

amendment Act means the Agriculture and Fisheries and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024.

former, for a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force from time to time before the commencement.

220   Existing proceedings—state of mind

(1)This section applies in relation to a proceeding started before the commencement for an offence against this Act if—

(a)immediately before the commencement, the proceeding had not been finally dealt with; and

(b)it is relevant to prove a person’s state of mind in relation to particular conduct.

(2)Former section 181 continues to apply to the proceeding as if the amendment Act, section 6 had not commenced.

221   Proceedings for particular offences—liability of executive officer

(1)This section applies in relation to—

(a)an offence against former section 209 committed by a person before the commencement; or

(b)an offence against a deemed executive liability provision committed by a person before the commencement.

(2)Without limiting the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20, a proceeding for the offence may be continued or started, and the person may be convicted of and punished for the offence, as if the amendment Act, sections 7 and 192 had not commenced.

(3)Subsection (2) applies despite the Criminal Code, section 11.

(4)In this section—

deemed executive liability provision has the meaning given by former section 209A(4).

222   [Expired]

223   [Expired]

224   [Expired]

Schedule Dictionary

section 10

abandon, an animal, includes leaving it for an unreasonable period.

action requirement see section 140(2).

animal see section 11.

animal ethics committee, for chapter 4, see section 50.

animal shelter means a premises maintained for the purpose of providing shelter to, or finding a home for, stray, abandoned or unwanted animals.

animal welfare direction means an animal welfare direction under—

(a)section 159; or

(b)the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000.

animal welfare offence means an offence against—

(a)this Act, other than chapter 6, part 2, divisions 2, 3, 4 and 7 and sections 206, 207, 208 and 210; or

(b)the Criminal Code, section 242 or 468; or

(c)the Racing Integrity Act 2016, section 195.

animal welfare offence report, for chapter 4, part 2, division 5, see section 82(1).

approval, for a cattle procedures accreditation scheme, for chapter 4A, see section 93A.

approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme see section 93A.

approved form means a form approved by the chief executive under section 216.

at, a place, includes in or on the place.

authorised officer means a person who holds appointment as an authorised officer under this Act.

cattle procedures accreditation scheme, for chapter 4A, see section 93B.

code of practice means a code of practice made under section 13(1).

compulsory code requirement see section 15(2).

confine an animal includes doing any of the following to it—

(a)caging or keeping it in captivity in some other way;

(b)maiming, mutilating or pinioning it or subjecting it to a device to hinder or prevent its free movement;

(c)tethering it.

conviction means—

(a)generally—a finding of guilt, or the acceptance of a plea of guilty, by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded; and

(b)for chapter 4—see also section 50.

custody, of an animal, includes care and control of the animal.

debarking operation see section 25(1).

destroy an animal includes disposing of it after it has been killed.

disclosure exemption see section 64(1).

disposal order see section 182(1).

disqualifying event, for chapter 4, see section 50.

document production requirement see section 168(1).

duty of care, for a person in charge of an animal, means the duty imposed on the person under section 17(1).

enter includes—

(a)generally for a place—re-enter the place; and

(b)also for a vehicle—board or re-board the vehicle.

entry requirement see section 134(1).

event includes competition, display and race.

executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, its management, whether or not the person is a director or the person’s position is given the name of executive officer.

exercise a power, under this Act, includes exercise a power under an order, warrant or another authority issued under this Act.

external review, for a decision, means a review of the decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act.

help requirement see section 138(1).

identity card of—

(a)an authorised officer—means the identity card given to the officer under section 104(1); or

(b)an inspector—means the identity card given to the inspector under section 119(1).

in, a place, includes at or on the place.

information notice, for a decision of the chief executive or an authorised officer or inspector, means a notice stating the following—

(a)the decision;

(b)the reasons for it;

(c)that the person to whom the notice is given may apply to the chief executive for an internal review of the decision within 14 days after the person receives the notice;

(d)how to apply for an internal review.

information requirement see section 165(2).

inspector means a person who holds appointment as an inspector under this Act.

interested person, for an original decision, means—

(a)a person who has been given, or is entitled to be given, an information notice; and

(b)if the decision relates to an animal—the person in charge of the animal.

interim prohibition order see section 181A(2).

internal review application see section 194.

internal review decision see section 197(1)(b).

interstate law see section 173A.

interstate prohibition decision see section 173A.

justice of the peace (qualified) means a justice of the peace (qualified) under the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991.

livestock, for chapter 4B, see section 93S.

livestock slaughter facility, for chapter 4B, see section 93S.

monitoring program see section 95(1).

notice means a written notice.

offence exemption, for chapter 3, part 6, see section 38(1).

offence warning, for a direction or requirement under this Act, means a warning that, without reasonable excuse, it is an offence for the person to whom the direction or requirement is given, or of whom it is made, not to comply with it.

original decision means the decision to do any of the following—

(a)refuse a registration application;

(b)impose a registration condition;

(c)refuse a disclosure exemption application;

(d)grant a disclosure exemption application for only part of the registration details the subject of the application;

(e)amend registration details;

(f)cancel or suspend registration;

(g)refuse an application under section 93;

(h)seize, under this Act or a warrant, an animal or other thing, unless the seizure was in a circumstance mentioned in section 150(1)(a) to (c);

(i)forfeit, under section 154(2), an animal or other thing;

(j)give an animal welfare direction;

(k)refuse an application under section 93G(1)(b) or 93J(1)(b);

(l)grant an application on conditions under section 93G(1)(c);

(m)amend an approval under section 93K(1);

(n)cancel or suspend an approval under section 93P;

(o)cancel or suspend an inspector’s appointment under section 118D;

(p)make a direction under section 173B(2);

(q)refuse an application to amend or revoke a direction under section 173F(1)(b).

owner—

(a)for a thing that has been seized under this Act, includes a person who would be entitled to possession of the thing had it not been seized; and

(b)for a cattle procedures accreditation scheme, for chapter 4A, see section 93A.

pain includes distress and mental or physical suffering.

personal details requirement see section 163(4).

person in charge, of an animal, see section 12.

person in control, of a vehicle, includes—

(a)the vehicle’s driver or rider; and

(b)anyone who reasonably appears to be, claims to be or acts as if he or she is, the vehicle’s driver or rider or the person in control of the vehicle.

place includes the following—

(a)premises;

(b)vacant land;

(c)a vehicle;

(d)a place in Queensland waters;

(e)a place held under 2 or more titles or owners;

(f)the land or water where a building or structure, or a group of buildings or structures, is situated.

possession includes control and custody.

pound means a premises maintained for the purpose of impounding animals.

premises includes the following—

(a)a building or structure, or part of a building or structure, of any type;

(b)a group of buildings or structures, or part of a group of buildings or structures, of any type;

(c)a caravan or vehicle;

(d)a cave or tent;

(e)premises held under 2 or more titles or owners.

prescribed entity means—

(a)the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Queensland) Limited; or

(b)another entity prescribed under a regulation whose objects include animal welfare or the provision of facilities to care for animals.

prescribed procedure for chapter 4A, see section 93A.

prohibited event see section 20.

prohibited trap or spur see section 34(1).

prohibition order see section 183(1).

proposed action, for chapter 4, part 2, division 4, see section 75(1)(a).

public place means—

(a)a place, or part of the place—

(i)the public is entitled to use, is open to members of the public or is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money; or

Examples of a place that may be a public place under subparagraph (i)—

1a beach

2a park

3a road

(ii)the occupier of which allows, whether or not on payment of money, members of the public to enter; or

Examples of a place that may be a public place under subparagraph (ii)—

1a saleyard

2a showground

(b)a place that is a public place under another Act.

Note—

See, for example, the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, schedule 6, definition public place.

QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).

reasonable means reasonable in the circumstances.

reasonably believes means to believe on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances.

reasonably suspects means to suspect on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances.

register, when used as a noun, means—

(a)the register of scientific users kept under section 60; or

(b)the register of approved cattle procedures accreditation schemes kept under section 93R.

registered means—

(a)for a person—registration under chapter 4, part 2, that has not been cancelled or suspended; or

(b)for registration details—included in the register.

registered operator, of a vehicle, means—

(a)if it is registered in Queensland—the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995; or

(b)if it is registered in another State—the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Act of the State that corresponds to the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995.

registration application see section 52.

registration conditions see section 56.

registration decision, for chapter 4, part 2, division 5, see section 81.

registration details see section 61(3).

regulated procedure see section 29(6).

release includes cause or permit to be released.

relevant code provisions, for a draft monitoring program, see section 96(1).

review application ...

review decision ...

scientific purposes see section 48.

scientific use code see section 49.

seize includes keep.

seizure direction see section 146(1).

slaughter, an animal, includes preparing it for slaughter.

stop signal see section 132(1).

supply includes the following—

(a)give or sell;

(b)possess for supply;

(c)offer or agree to give, sell or otherwise supply;

(d)cause or permit to be given, sold or otherwise supplied.

transport includes—

(a)contain and load, or cause or permit to be contained or loaded, for transport; and

(b)cause or permit to be transported.

trap includes net.

use includes—

(a)generally—cause or permit to be used; and

(b)for an animal—

(i)acquiring, breeding with, caring for, disposing of or identifying the animal; and

(ii)drive, load, ride, transport and work; and

(iii)accommodating or providing other living conditions for the animal; and

(c)for premises—keep, manage and occupy; and

(d)for a trap—set.

vehicle includes an aircraft, boat, trailer, train and tram.

veterinary surgeon means a person registered as a veterinary surgeon under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936.

veterinary treatment, of an animal, means—

(a)consulting with a veterinary surgeon about the animal’s condition; or

(b)a medical or surgical procedure performed on the animal by a veterinary surgeon;

(c)a medical procedure of a curative or preventive nature performed on the animal by someone other than a veterinary surgeon if the procedure is performed under a veterinary surgeon’s directions.

welfare, of an animal, means issues about the health, safety or wellbeing of the animal.