New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 29B

29B False information

(1) This section applies to the provision of information to an officer in the exercise of a power conferred on the officer by this Part to require the provision of the information.

(2) A person who provides information to which this section applies that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence against this section unless the officer--

(a) warned the person of the requirement to provide information that is not false or misleading, and

(b) identified himself or herself to the person as an officer.