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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
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29B False information
> > (1) This section applies to the provision of information to an officer in the exercise of a power conferred on the officer by this Part to require the provision of the information.
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> > (2) A person who provides information to which this section applies that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
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> > (3) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section unless the officer—
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> > > (a) warned the person of the requirement to provide information that is not false or misleading, and
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> > > (b) identified himself or herself to the person as an officer.
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> **s 29B:** Ins 1997 No 83, Sch 1 \[56\].