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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
24NAPower to question persons and require production of documents
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#### 24NA Power to question persons and require production of documents
24NA Power to question persons and require production of documents
> > (1) An inspector may require a person whom the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds to have knowledge of matters in respect of which information is reasonably required for the purposes of—
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> > > (a) exercising the powers of an inspector under this Division, or
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> > > (b) determining whether there has been a contravention of this Act or the regulations,
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> > to answer questions or produce documents in relation to those matters.
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> > (2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a requirement made of the person under this section.
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> > Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
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> > (3) A person must not furnish any information or do any other thing in purported compliance with a requirement made under this section knowing that it is false or misleading in a material respect.
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> > Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
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> **s 24NA:** Ins 2013 No 56, Sch 3.5 \[3\]. Am 2018 No 27, Sch 2 \[7\].