Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 165

165 Power to require information

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an inspector reasonably suspects—

(i) this Act has been contravened; and

(ii) a person may be able to give information about the contravention; or

(b) an animal welfare direction has been given and an inspector reasonably believes a veterinary surgeon or other person may be able to give information about whether the direction has been complied with.

(2) The inspector may require (an
"information requirement" ) the person to give information in the person’s knowledge about the contravention or about whether the direction has been complied with in a stated reasonable time and in a stated reasonable way.

(3) When making the requirement, the inspector must give the person an offence warning.