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GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 36

Person must not breach conditions on GMO Register

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

  (a)   deals with a GMO, knowing that it is a GMO; and

  (b)   the dealing is on the GMO Register; and

  (c)   the dealing contravenes a condition relating to the dealing that is specified in the GMO Register.

Maximum penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

  (2)   Strict liability applies to paragraphs   ( 1)(b) and (c).


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