A person who is wholly or partially blind or deaf, or otherwise disabled, is entitled to take an accredited assistance dog onto any public place or public passenger vehicle [Dog and Cat Management Act 1995 (SA) s 81(1)(a)]. It is a criminal offence for an occupier or person in charge of a public place or public passenger vehicle to refuse access to a person because they have an assistance dog with them [s 81(1)(b)].
It is an offence to claim that a dog is an assistance dog unless it is accredited under the Act or covered by the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) [s 81(2)]. The following are prescribed accreditation bodies [s 21A(7); Dog and Cat Management Regulations 2017 (SA) reg 5]:
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