A large number of countries in the world have extremely unusual and confusing legal regulations. Australia is no exception. British Telegraph delivers 13 of the most unusual examples:
- Taxi drivers in Queensland are required to carry a bale of hay in the boot.
- In Victoria it is illegal to replace a light bulb unless you are a qualified electrician.
- In Australia, bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.
- In pubs in Australia it is illegal to be drunk.
- On Sunday afternoon in Victoria it is forbidden to wear tight pink pants.
- You must wear a neck to knee swimsuit in order to swim at Melbourne’s Brighton beach.
- Children may not purchase cigarettes, but they may smoke them.
- You may never leave your car keys in an unattended vehicle, it is illegal.
- It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face.
- It is illegal to walk on the right hand side of a footpath.
- Legislators are proposing a new law that will not allow anyone to come closer than 100 meters from a dead whale’s carcass.
- In Brisbane spitting is prohibited.
- It is illegal to disguise unless there are legal reasons for it.
