Animal Products Act 1999

Offences, penalties, and proceedings - Infringement offences

125B: Issue and cancellation of infringement notices

You could also call this:

"What happens when you get a notice for doing something wrong with animal products"

If you do something wrong with animal products, an animal product officer can give you an infringement notice. This can happen if the officer sees you doing something wrong, or if they think you are doing something wrong, or if they think you did something wrong. The officer can give you the notice in person.

An animal product officer can cancel an infringement notice if it is fair to do so and if no one has started court action about the notice. The notice is cancelled when you get a cancellation notice. You can get an infringement notice or a cancellation notice in person from an animal product officer.

You can also get an infringement notice or a cancellation notice by post, sent to your home, work or other address that people know is yours. For the purposes of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, if a notice is sent to you by post, it is considered served when it was posted. This means that the notice is treated as having been given to you on the day it was sent.

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125A: Proceedings for infringement notices, or

"What happens if you break an animal products rule and get taken to court"

125C: Form of infringement notice, or

"What an infringement notice must look like and what it must tell you"

Part 10Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Infringement offences

125BIssue and cancellation of infringement notices

An infringement notice may be served on a person if an animal product officer—
observes the person committing an infringement offence; or
reasonably believes that the person is committing an infringement offence; or
reasonably believes that the person has committed an infringement offence.

An infringement notice may be cancelled by an animal product officer if—
the interests of justice require cancellation; and
neither the particulars of a reminder notice nor a notice of hearing relating to the infringement notice has been filed in a District Court.

An infringement notice is cancelled by the service of a cancellation notice.
An infringement notice or a cancellation notice may be served by an animal product officer personally delivering it to the person alleged to have committed the infringement offence.
Alternatively, an infringement notice or a cancellation notice may be served by post addressed to,—
if the person is a natural person,—
1. the address of the person's last-known place of residence; or
2. the address on the person's driver licence; or
3. the person's address on the latest electoral roll; or
4. the person's last-known registered address, if the person has or has had a registered address for any purpose; or
5. the person's address in the latest telephone directory; or
6. the address of the person's last-known place of business; or
if the person is not a natural person,—
1. the person's last-known registered address, if the person has or has had a registered address for any purpose; or
2. the person's address in the latest telephone directory; or
3. the address of the person's last-known place of business.

For the purposes of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, an infringement notice or a cancellation notice served under subsection (5) is treated as having been served on the person when it was posted.

Notes

Section 125B: inserted, on 2 March 2018, by section 148 of the Food Safety Law Reform Act 2018 (2018 No 3).