New South Wales Consolidated Acts

APIARIES ACT 1985 - SECT 34

34 Offences under Part 5

(1) Any person who:

(a) with intent to mislead or defraud the Crown for the purpose of obtaining compensation for that or any other person, makes a statement which is to the knowledge of that person false or misleading in a material respect, or

(b) practises or is concerned in any fraudulent act for that purpose,

is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.

(2) Any person who buys or sells queen bees, beehives or appliances knowing or having reasonable cause to suspect that the bees, beehives or appliances are infected with a compensatable disease and with the intention of making a claim for compensation under this Part in respect of the destruction of the bees or, as the case may be, the destruction or irradiation of the beehives or appliances is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both.