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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Provisions relating to administration - Offences

160: Impersonating inspector or auxiliary officer

You could also call this:

"Pretending to be an animal welfare inspector when you're not is against the law."

If you say you are an inspector or an auxiliary officer under the Animal Welfare Act 1999 when you are not, you are committing an offence. You do this if you describe yourself as one of these officers or make people think you are one when you are not. This applies to both inspectors and auxiliary officers appointed under this Act. You can get in trouble if you pretend to be one of these officers. If you commit this offence, you can be imprisoned for up to 3 months, or you can be fined up to $5,000, or you can get both.

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Part 7Provisions relating to administration
Offences

160Impersonating inspector or auxiliary officer

  1. A person commits an offence who,—

  2. not being an inspector appointed under this Act, describes himself or herself or otherwise holds himself or herself out as being an inspector appointed under this Act; or
    1. not being an auxiliary officer appointed under this Act, describes himself or herself or otherwise holds himself or herself out as being an auxiliary officer appointed under this Act.

      1. A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to both.

      Notes
      • Section 160(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).