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Animal Products Act 1999

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Compliance orders

149: Right to be heard

You could also call this:

"You get to say what you think before a court makes a decision about you."

If you are involved in a case about a compliance order under the Animal Products Act 1999, you have the right to be heard. Before the court makes a decision, they must hear from the person who applied for the order. The court must also hear from you if the order is against you and you want to say something. You can find more information about when this might not happen in section 151.

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Part 10Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Compliance orders

149Right to be heard

  1. Except as provided in section 151, before deciding an application for a compliance order, the court must—

  2. hear the applicant; and
    1. hear any person against whom the order is sought who wishes to be heard.