Exhibited Animals Act 2015 (Qld)

Exhibited Animals Act 2015

An Act to provide for exhibiting and dealing with particular animals

Chapter 1 Preliminary

Part 1 Introduction

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Exhibited Animals Act 2015.

2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. (2) If a provision of this Act does not commence before 1 July 2016, it commences on that day. (3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 15DA does not apply to this Act.

Part 2 Purposes of Act and achieving the purposes

3 Purposes of Act (1) The main purpose of this Act is to provide for exhibiting and dealing with exhibited animals. (2) It is also a purpose of this Act to ensure the relevant risks and relevant adverse effects associated with exhibiting and dealing with exhibited animals are prevented or minimised.

4 How purposes are primarily achieved The purposes of this Act are to be achieved primarily by— (a) imposing a general obligation on persons exhibiting and dealing with exhibited animals to prevent or minimise the relevant risks and relevant adverse effects associated with exhibiting and dealing with exhibited animals; and (b) requiring that authorities be obtained to allow particular animals to be exhibited; and (c) imposing additional obligations on persons exhibiting or dealing with authorised animals under exhibited animal authorities; and (d) providing for monitoring and enforcement of compliance with this Act; and (e) providing for codes of practice relating to a person's obligations under this Act; and (f) providing for the chief executive to make guidelines about the application of this Act and how a person may comply with obligations imposed under this Act.