New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STOCK MEDICINES ACT 1989 - SECT 53

53 Tampering with samples

(1) A person must not improperly tamper with any sample or package containing a sample taken under this Act.

(2) A person who is not authorised to do so must not remove, erase, alter, break or open any mark, label, seal or fastening placed by an inspector on any package containing a substance or article seized under this Act.

Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or, for an offence by a corporation, 400 penalty units.