Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 2000 - REG 30

         (1)   For subparagraph 68A (b) (ii) of the Act, the master of a vessel or installation to which section 68A of the Act applies must keep an animal to which that section applies on board the vessel or installation while the vessel or installation is in Australia, Christmas Island or the Cocos Islands.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note     Under section 68A of the Act, if the master of a vessel or installation fails to comply with any prescribed condition relating to the control or confinement of an animal, a quarantine officer may destroy the animal.

         (2)   For subregulation (1), strict liability applies to the question
of whether section 68A of the Act applies to a vessel or installation.

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