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Meat Inspection Act 1983
35Supply of any goods or services to authorised officers
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#### 35 Supply of any goods or services to authorised officers
(1) The owner of prescribed premises, or an employee or agent of such a person, shall not supply any goods or services to a person whom the owner, employee or agent, as the case may be, knows is an authorized officer.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(1AA) Subsection (1) does not apply to conduct that is approved in writing by the Secretary.
> Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1AA). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(1A) An authorised officer must not receive any goods or services supplied to him or her by the owner of prescribed premises, or an employee or agent of such a person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(1B) Subsection (1A) does not apply if the supply of the goods or services has been approved in writing by the Secretary under subsection (1AA).
> Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1B). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(2) An offence against this section is punishable on summary conviction.