Animals Protection Act Amendment Act 1981 (Qld)

1188 (Qu2Pxzsltrih ANNO TRICESIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 117 of 1981 An Act to amend the Animals ProtectionAct 1925-1977 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 16TH D ECEMBER, 1981]

Animals Protection Act Amendment Act 1981, No. 117 1 189 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Animals Protection Act Amendment Act 1981. - (2) In this Act the Animals Protection Act1925-1977 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Animals Protection Act1925-1981. 2. Amendment of s. 11. Power to seize animals , etc. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection:- " (6) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), an animal has been taken possession of, detained or removed to some place of safety or safe custody, a person shall not- (a) interfere with the animal; (b) enter or be on or within the place of safety or safe custody; (c) move or remove the animal from the place of safety or safe custody; (d) attempt to do any of the things referred to in provision (a), (b) or (c); or (e) have that animal in his possession or under his control, unless he is an officer or a person authorized in that behalf by an officer. Penalty: $1 000 or imprisonment for 6 months or both such fine and imprisonment.". By Authority: S. R. HAMPSO`4. Government Printer. Queensland-