Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 324

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

        (a)     is subject to an information direction; and

        (b)     fails to comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note     It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement or give false or misleading information (see Criminal Code

, pt 3.4).

    (2)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (3)     This section does not apply to a person if the person—

        (a)     did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know or find out, the information required under the direction; or

        (b)     did not have reasonable access to the documents required under the direction.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code

, s 58).