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New South Wales
Stock Diseases Amendment (False
Information) Bill 2004
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Stock Diseases Act 1923 No 34 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2004
New South Wales
Stock Diseases Amendment (False
Information) Bill 2004
Act No , 2004
An Act to amend the Stock Diseases Act 1923 with respect to providing false or
misleading information in relation to stock.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Stock Diseases Amendment (False Information) Bill 2004
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Stock Diseases Amendment (False Information)
Act 2004.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Amendment of Stock Diseases Act 1923 No 34
The Stock Diseases Act 1923 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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Stock Diseases Amendment (False Information) Bill 2004
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 20J Providing false or misleading information
Omit "100 penalty units" from section 20J (2).
Insert instead "200 penalty units".
[2] Section 20J (2A)
Insert after section 20J (2):
(2A) A person must not, in or in connection with an arrangement or
agreement or proposed arrangement or agreement for the
agistment of stock or for the use of land for grazing of stock
(including any lease or proposed lease of land for grazing of
stock), make a statement or provide information in relation to:
(a) the presence or absence of infection in stock, carcasses
or land, or
(b) any matter relevant to an assessment of the likelihood
of the exposure of stock to infection, or
(c) any other matter prescribed by the regulations,
that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units.
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