Bill
Criminal Code Amendment (Animal Protection) Bill 2015
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- BACK, Sen Chris
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-02-11
- second reading — 2015-02-11
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- other — 2016-05-09
- other — 2016-08-31
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-02-11.
This bill aims to stop delays in reporting deliberate cruelty to animals.
It creates new federal offences, including failing to report such cruelty within one business day and interfering with lawful animal enterprises.
Penalties for these offences include fines and imprisonment.
- Creates an offence of failing to report malicious cruelty to animals to authorities within one business day.
- Creates an offence of interfering with lawful animal enterprises through property damage or threats.
- Defines malicious cruelty to animals in the bill.
People who record or witness malicious cruelty to animals and those involved in lawful animal enterprises.
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