Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992 - SECT 69CD

Offence for failing to provide information

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person is required to provide information under section 69CA or 69CB; and

                     (b)  the person fails to provide the information under that section.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

             (2)  In subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance that the information is required to be provided under section 69CA or 69CB.

Note:          For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

Offence for false or misleading information

             (3)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person provides information (whether orally or in writing) to a relevant agency under section 69CA or 69CB; and

                     (b)  the person knows that the information is false or misleading in a material particular; and

                     (c)  the information is provided:

                              (i)  without the person indicating to the agency that it is false or misleading; and

                             (ii)  without the person indicating how it is false or misleading; and

                            (iii)  without the person providing to the agency correct information that the person possesses or can reasonably acquire.

Penalty:  300 penalty units.

             (4)  The fault element for paragraph (3)(c) is recklessness.

Note:          For recklessness, see section 5.4 of the Criminal Code .

             (5)  In subsection (3), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance that the information is provided under section 69CA or 69CB.

Note:          For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .