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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 320

Offence—fail to comply with direction to give name and address

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is subject to—

              (i)     a name and address direction; or

              (ii)     an evidence direction; and

        (b)     fails to comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if the conservation officer did not—

        (a)     produce the conservation officer's identity card for inspection by the person before giving the direction; or

        (b)     before giving the direction, warn the person that failure to comply with the direction is an offence.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).



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