Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
sec.140APower to require information
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sec.140A Power to require information
This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes— an offence against this Act has been committed; and a person may be able to give information about the offence. The authorised person may, by notice given to the person, require the person to give the authorised person information related to the offence by a stated reasonable time. For information that is an electronic document, compliance with the requirement requires the giving of a clear image or written version of the electronic document. In this section— information includes a document. s 140A ins 2016 No. 28 s 13 (sec.140A-ssec.1) This section applies if an authorised person reasonably believes— an offence against this Act has been committed; and a person may be able to give information about the offence. (sec.140A-ssec.2) The authorised person may, by notice given to the person, require the person to give the authorised person information related to the offence by a stated reasonable time. (sec.140A-ssec.3) For information that is an electronic document, compliance with the requirement requires the giving of a clear image or written version of the electronic document. (sec.140A-ssec.4) In this section— information includes a document.
- (a) an offence against this Act has been committed; and
- (b) a person may be able to give information about the offence.