Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 21

         (1)   A person must not give or report information, or cause information to be given or reported, to a quarantine officer under regulation 15, 16, 17, 19 or 20 (whether the requirement to give or report the information is made of the person or another person) if:

                (a)    the information is false or misleading in a material detail; and

               (b)    the person knows that the information is false or misleading in that detail.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

         (2)   A person must not give or report information or cause information to be given or reported to a quarantine officer under regulation 15, 16, 17, 19 or 20 (whether the requirement to give or report the information is made of the person or another person), if:

                (a)    the information is false or misleading in a material detail; and

               (b)    the person is negligent as to whether the information is false or misleading in that detail.

Penalty:   40 penalty units.

         (3)   For subregulations (1) and (2), strict liability applies to the question whether information was given or reported to a quarantine officer under regulation 15, 16, 17, 19 or 20.

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