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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 301

Power to require owner of vessel to provide ballast water records

  (1)   A biosecurity officer may require the owner of a vessel to produce to the officer any record required to be retained under section   294, or a copy of such a record certified by or on behalf of the owner.

Note:   A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person provides false or misleading documents (see section   137.2 of the Criminal Code and section   533 of this Act).

  (2)   A biosecurity officer:

  (a)   may make copies of, or take extracts from, a record produced under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   for that purpose, may remove the record from the place at which it was produced.

  (3)   A person who is required to produce a record, or a copy of a record, under subsection   (1) must comply with the requirement as soon as reasonably practicable.

Strict liability offence

  (4)   A person commits an offence of strict liability if:

  (a)   the person is required to produce a record, or a copy of a record, under subsection   (1); and

  (b)   the person fails to comply with the requirement as soon as reasonably practicable.

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

Penalty for contravention of this subsection:   80 penalty units.


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