Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
sec.139Failure to comply with help requirement
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sec.139 Failure to comply with help requirement
A person of whom a help requirement has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. However, subsection (2) does not apply if the requirement is to produce a document required to be held or kept by the person under— this Act; or another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the document relates to the transportation of live animals. (sec.139-ssec.1) A person of whom a help requirement has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.139-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. (sec.139-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the requirement is to produce a document required to be held or kept by the person under— this Act; or another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the document relates to the transportation of live animals.
- (a) this Act; or
- (b) another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the document relates to the transportation of live animals.