(1)  Any person who engages in an act of bestiality is guilty of a crime.

Charge:  Bestiality.

(2)  A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if the act that the person engaged in –

(a) occurred in the course of a procedure being carried out by the person for a genuine veterinary, agricultural or scientific research purpose; and

(b) was, in the circumstances, reasonable for that purpose.