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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 152B

152B Offence to tamper with seized thing

(1) This section applies in relation to a thing seized under this part.

(2) However, this section does not apply to a person from whom an animal was seized if the person—

(a) is complying with a direction under section 152A(1)(d)(v); and
(b) does not, without the written authority of a conservation officer, take the animal from the place where it was seized.

(3) A person, other than a conservation officer or a person authorised by a conservation officer for the purpose, must not do, or attempt to do, any of the following unless the person has a reasonable excuse—

(a) tamper with the thing or something done under section 152A(1)(b) to restrict access to it;
(b) enter, or be at, the place where the thing is being kept;
(c) move the thing from the place where it is being kept;
(d) have the thing in the person's possession.

Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.



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