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Food Act 2003
40Failure to comply with requirements of authorised officers
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#### 40 Failure to comply with requirements of authorised officers
40 Failure to comply with requirements of authorised officers
> > (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a requirement of an authorised officer duly made under this Division.
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> > Maximum penalty—500 penalty units in the case of an individual and 2,500 penalty units in the case of a corporation.
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> > (2) Such a requirement is not duly made unless, at the time of the making of the requirement, the person of whom the requirement is made is informed by the authorised officer that a refusal or failure to comply with the requirement may constitute an offence.