Registered person must report contraventions
74 Registered person must report contraventions
(1) A registered person must report to the CEO and to the accredited animal ethics committee any conduct that the person believes on reasonable grounds contravenes this Part.
(2) The report to the CEO and to the accredited animal ethics committee must be:
made within 7 days after the person forms the belief; and
made in the prescribed manner, if any.
A person commits an offence if:
the person is a registered person; and
(b) the person fails to make a report to the CEO and to the accredited animal ethics committee in accordance with subsections (1) and (2).
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
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