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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Provisions relating to administration - Enforcement orders

152: Offence to contravene enforcement order

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"Breaking an enforcement order is against the law and can lead to punishment"

If you break an enforcement order, you commit an offence. You can be punished if you are found guilty of this offence. The punishment depends on whether you are an individual or a company.

If you are an individual, you can be imprisoned for up to 6 months, or you can be fined up to $25,000, or you can get both. If you are a company, you can be fined up to $125,000. The law says what happens if you break an enforcement order, as stated in the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

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Part 7Provisions relating to administration
Enforcement orders

152Offence to contravene enforcement order

  1. A person commits an offence who contravenes an enforcement order.

  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 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to both; or
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $125,000.

      Notes
      • Section 152(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).