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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Conduct towards animals - Traps and devices

34: Restrictions on use of traps and devices to kill, manage, entrap, capture, entangle, restrain, or immobilise animals

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"Rules about using traps and devices to catch or hurt animals"

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You can get in trouble if you use certain traps or devices to hurt or catch animals without a good reason. If you use a trap or device that is not allowed, you are breaking the law. You also break the law if you use a restricted trap or device in a way that is not permitted by the rules made under section 32.

You must follow the rules when using traps or devices to manage or catch animals. Using a prohibited trap or device is against the law. The rules for restricted traps or devices are made under section 32 and you must obey them.

If you do not have a reasonable excuse for using a trap or device to kill, manage, entrap, capture, entangle, restrain, or immobilise an animal, you can get in trouble. This includes using a prohibited trap or device, or using a restricted one in the wrong way. You should know what the rules are to avoid breaking the law, by checking the rules made under section 32.

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Traps and devices

34Restrictions on use of traps and devices to kill, manage, entrap, capture, entangle, restrain, or immobilise animals

  1. A person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse and for the purpose of killing, managing, entrapping, capturing, entangling, restraining, or immobilising an animal,—

  2. uses a prohibited trap or a prohibited device; or
    1. uses a restricted trap or a restricted device in contravention of any provision of an Order in Council made under section 32.