Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 No 200
Current version for 24 September 2012 to date (accessed 24 May 2013 at 05:55)
Part 2Section 13

13   Certain animals not to be ridden etc

A person shall not:
(a)  ride, drive, use, carry or convey an animal, or
(b)  where the person is a person in charge of an animal—authorise the riding, driving, using, carrying or conveying of the animal,
if the animal is unfit for the purpose of its being so ridden, driven, used, carried or conveyed.

Maximum penalty: 250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.

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