ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 166 Failure to comply with information requirement

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 166

166 Failure to comply with information requirement

(1) A person of whom an information requirement has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) It is a reasonable excuse—

(a) for an individual not to give information if giving the information might tend to incriminate the person; or

(b) if the information sought by the requirement is not in fact relevant to—

(i) for a requirement about a suspected contravention of this Act—the suspected contravention; or

(ii) for a requirement about whether an animal welfare direction has been complied with—the compliance or non-compliance with the direction.