Exhibited Animals Act 2015
sec.183Offence to contravene help requirement
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.183
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Exhibited Animals Act 2015.
sec.183 Offence to contravene 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—50 penalty units. It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. However, subsection (2) does not apply if a document or information the subject of the help requirement is required to be held or kept by the defendant under— this Act; or another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the document relates to exhibiting or dealing with exhibited animals. See, however, section 222 . (sec.183-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—50 penalty units. (sec.183-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for an individual not to comply with a help requirement if complying might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty. (sec.183-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if a document or information the subject of the help requirement is required to be held or kept by the defendant under— this Act; or another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the document relates to exhibiting or dealing with exhibited animals. See, however, section 222 .
- (a) this Act; or
- (b) another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or another State if the document relates to exhibiting or dealing with exhibited animals.