New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 83Q

83Q Holders of numbers to notify of certain events

(1) This section applies if one or more of the following events occur in relation to a person allocated a breeder identification number or rehoming organisation number--

(a) a change to--

(i) the person's name, or

(ii) the person's residential or business address, or

(iii) the person's telephone number,

(b) for an individual--

(i) the individual is convicted of an offence under this Act or an animal cruelty offence, or

(ii) the individual becomes subject to a disqualification order or an interim disqualification order,

(c) for a body corporate--the body corporate or an individual involved in the management or control of the body corporate--

(i) is convicted of an animal cruelty offence, or

(ii) becomes subject to a disqualification order or an interim disqualification order,

(d) an event prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The person must give notice of the event, containing details of the event--

(a) to the Departmental Chief Executive, and

(b) within 28 days after the event occurs, and

(c) in the way prescribed by the regulations.

: Maximum penalty--8 penalty units.

(3) The person must not give the Departmental Chief Executive information the person knows is false or misleading.

: Maximum penalty--8 penalty units.