Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
sec.169Failure to comply with document production requirement
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sec.169 Failure to comply with document production requirement
A person of whom a document production requirement has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a document production requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. However, subsection (2) does not apply if the document is 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.169-ssec.1) A person of whom a document production requirement has been made must comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.169-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a document production requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the person. (sec.169-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the document is 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.