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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Offences - Further provisions relating to offences

169B: Offence of contravening disqualification order

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If you break a disqualification order made under section 169(3), you commit an offence. This order is about animals and can be made by a court. You can be stopped from having certain animals or any animals at all. If you commit this offence, you can be punished when you are found guilty. As an individual, you can be imprisoned for up to 3 years or fined up to $75,000, or both. As a company, you can be fined up to $350,000. When the law talks about an order, it also means an order that has been changed under section 169A.

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Part 8Offences
Further provisions relating to offences

169BOffence of contravening disqualification order

  1. A person commits an offence if the person contravenes a disqualification order made under section 169(3) (under which provision a court can make an order relating to an animal or animals of a particular kind or description or to animals generally).

  2. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to a fine not exceeding $75,000 or to both:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $350,000.

      1. In subsection (1), order includes an order varied under section 169A.

      Notes
      • Section 169B: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 93).
      • Section 169B(1): replaced, on , by section 62 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).
      • Section 169B(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).