New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK DISEASES ACT 1923 - SECT 20

20 Illegal introduction of stock or artificial breeding material

(1) A person must not introduce artificial breeding material or stock into the State in contravention of a provision of a proclamation under this Act.

(2) A person must not sell, assist in selling, offer for sale or attempt to sell artificial breeding material or stock if:

(a) the person has reason to believe or ought to know that the artificial breeding material or stock have been introduced into the State in contravention of subsection (1), and

(b) the artificial breeding material or stock have been so introduced, and

(c) since that introduction an inspector has not authorised the sale of the artificial breeding material or stock.

Maximum penalty:

(a) 100 penalty units, unless paragraph (b) or (c) applies, or

(b) 200 penalty units, if at the time of introduction the artificial breeding material or stock are actually diseased, or

(c) 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, if at the time of introduction the artificial breeding material or stock are actually diseased and as a consequence of the introduction of the artificial breeding material or stock other artificial breeding material or stock in the State become actually diseased.