Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EXPORT CONTROL ACT 1982 - SECT 7A

             (1)  A person who enters prescribed goods for export is guilty of an offence if:

                     (a)  under the regulations, the export of the goods is prohibited unless specified conditions and restrictions are complied with; and

                     (b)  at the time the goods are entered for export, the person falsely represents to an authorised officer, either expressly or by necessary implication, that the conditions or restrictions applicable to the goods at or before that time have been complied with.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 5 years.

             (2)  A person who enters prescribed goods for export to a place specified in the regulations is guilty of an offence if:

                     (a)  under the regulations, the export of the goods to that place is prohibited unless specified conditions or restrictions are complied with; and

                     (b)  at the time the goods are entered for export to that place, the person falsely represents to an authorised officer, either expressly or by necessary implication, that the conditions or restrictions applicable to the goods at or before that time have been complied with.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 5 years.

             (3)  In paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that the relevant prohibition is under the regulations.

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