New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 23O

23O Refusal to grant exemption

(1) The Departmental Chief Executive must, if an applicant or a relevant person in relation to dog premises has been convicted of an animal cruelty offence--

(a) refuse to grant an exemption in relation to the dog premises, and

(b) give the applicant written notice of the refusal.

(2) The Departmental Chief Executive may refuse to grant an exemption if the Departmental Chief Executive--

(a) suspects the application is false or misleading, and

(b) gives written notice to the applicant of the proposed refusal, and

(c) gives the applicant reasonable time to make submissions, and

(d) considers submissions made within the reasonable time, and

(e) reasonably concludes that the application was false or misleading.