Failure to comply with direction
293 Failure to comply with direction
The person driving the animal or in control of the animal must comply with a direction under section 291 unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for the person not to comply with a direction if—
the animal was travelling on the stock route and the inspector did not comply with section 292; or
to comply immediately would have endangered someone else or caused loss or damage to property, and the person complies as soon as it is practicable to do so.
Subsection (2) does not limit subsection (1).
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if—
the direction the person fails to comply with is given under section 291(2); and
the person is not given an offence warning for the direction.
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