Animal Products Act 1999

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Offences

134: Offence of breach of duty

You could also call this:

"Breaking the rules about animal products can lead to a big fine if you don't have a good reason."

If you are in charge of a risk management programme, you must follow the duties in section 16. If you do not, you can commit an offence. You can also commit an offence if you are a recognised agency and do not follow the duties in section 112G, or if you are a recognised person and do not follow the duties in section 112H, or if you are a registered exporter and do not follow the duties in section 51.

If you commit an offence, you can get a fine. The fine can be up to $200,000 if you are a company, or up to $50,000 if you are an individual.

You will only get a fine if you do not have a reasonable excuse for not following the duties.

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133A: Offences involving automated electronic system, or

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135: Failure to comply with Act, etc, or

"Breaking the Animal Products Act 1999 rules can get you in trouble and fined"

Part 10Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Offences

134Offence of breach of duty

A person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse,—
being the operator of a risk management programme, breaches or fails to carry out any of the duties specified in section 16; or
being a recognised agency, breaches or fails to carry out any of the duties specified in section 112G; or
being a recognised person, breaches or fails to carry out any of the duties specified in section 112H; or
being a registered exporter, breaches or fails to carry out any of the duties specified in section 51.

A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to—
in the case of a body corporate, a fine not exceeding $200,000:
in the case of an individual, a fine not exceeding $50,000.

Repealed

Notes

Section 134(1)(b): amended, on 31 August 2012, by section 12(1) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 59).
Section 134(1)(c): amended, on 31 August 2012, by section 12(2) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 59).
Section 134(1)(c): amended, on 1 June 2005, by section 5(8) of the Animal Products Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 26).
Section 134(2): replaced, on 1 March 2016, by section 447 of the Food Act 2014 (2014 No 32).
Section 134(3): repealed, on 1 March 2016, by section 447 of the Food Act 2014 (2014 No 32).