Part 5AControl of dogs
56IOffences
Every person commits an offence against this Act and is liable on
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to both who,—- being the owner of a dog or a person in charge of a dog, allows that dog, in contravention of section 56A, to be in a national park; or
- being a person who is authorised, by or under this Act, to take a dog into a national park, fails to keep under proper control a dog that he or she has taken into a national park; or
- being the owner or a person in charge of a dog, fails to comply with any condition of a dog control permit.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1)(b), a dog shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed not to be under proper control if it is found at large in a national park.
Notes
- Section 56I: inserted, on , by section 3 of the National Parks Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 15).
- Section 56I(1): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).