Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
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29B False information
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.
(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.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(3) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section unless the officer—
(a) warned the person of the requirement to provide information that is not false or misleading, and
(b) identified himself or herself to the person as an officer.
s 29B: Ins 1997 No 83, Sch 1 [56].