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Cattle census.
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20.—(1) The Minister may conduct a census of animals for the purpose of confirming the location, category and ownership of animals in the State or for any other purpose.
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(2) The Minister may make regulations requiring participants to provide information under this Act, specifying, in particular—
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(a) the general nature of the information required,
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(b) the frequency with which it is to be provided, and
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(c) the participants required to provide it.
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(3) The Minister may, pursuant to a regulation made under subsection (2), direct a participant by notice in writing—
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(a) to complete and return a form, questionnaire or other record in accordance with any instructions contained therein or otherwise communicated to him or her,
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(b) to answer questions asked of him or her,
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(c) to supply any record, copy or extract from any record,
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by a specified date or within a specified period.
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(4) A person who fails to comply with the regulations made or a notice served under this section shall be guilty of an offence.
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