Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 160

160 Requirements for giving animal welfare direction

(1) An animal welfare direction must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) describe—

(i) the animal in a way that reasonably allows the person given the direction to identify it; or

(ii) if the direction is given because the inspector reasonably believes a person has committed, is committing or is about to commit, an animal welfare offence—the type of animal to which the offence relates; or

(iii) if the direction is given because the inspector reasonably believes a person has not complied with a compulsory code requirement—the particulars of the non-compliance; and

(c) state—

(i) each requirement; and

(ii) a time for the person to comply with each requirement; and

(d) include an information notice about the decision to give the direction.

(2) Despite subsection (1) (a) , an animal welfare direction may be given orally if—

(a) the inspector considers it to be in the interests of the animal’s welfare to give the direction immediately; and

(b) for any reason it is not practicable to immediately give the direction in the approved form; and

(c) the inspector gives the person an offence warning.

(3) If the direction is given orally, the inspector must confirm the direction by also giving it in the approved form as soon as practicable after giving it orally.

(4) An animal welfare direction may state that an inspector proposes, at a stated time or at stated intervals, to enter the following where an animal the subject of the direction is kept at to check compliance with the direction—

(a) a vehicle of which the person is the person in control;

(b) another place of which the person is the occupier.