Power to require information, documents, etc
177 Power to require information, documents, etc
An authorised person who enters premises under this part may, for this Act, require the occupier, or anyone else at the premises, to do 1 or more of the following in relation to the premises or anything at the premises:
to give information, answer questions or produce documents or anything else (whether the information, document or other thing is at the premises or elsewhere) that the occupier or person at the premises has, or has access to, that are reasonably necessary to exercise a function under this Act;
to give the authorised person copies of documents produced under paragraph (a) that are reasonably necessary to exercise a function under this Act;
to give the authorised person reasonable help to exercise a function under this part.
Examples—require the occupier to give reasonable help
1 require the occupier to confine or move an animal in their possession
2 require the occupier to provide facilities, including yards and crushes, that are required to inspect, treat or take samples from any biosecurity matter, carrier, potential carrier or other thing
3 require the occupier to restrain an animal
A person must take reasonable steps to comply with a requirement made of the person under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
A person commits an offence if the person fails to take reasonable steps to comply with a requirement made of the person under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units.
An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
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