Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 37

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

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

  (b)   the dealing is a notifiable low risk dealing; and

  (c)   the dealing by the person was not undertaken in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note 1:   Notifiable low risk dealings are specified in the regulations--see Part   6.

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

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