Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ILLEGAL LOGGING PROHIBITION ACT 2012 (NO. 166, 2012) - SECT 74

             (1)  In proceedings for a civil penalty order against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision (other than subsection 71(1)), it is not necessary to prove:

                     (a)  the person's intention; or

                     (b)  the person's knowledge; or

                     (c)  the person's recklessness; or

                     (d)  the person's negligence; or

                     (e)  any other state of mind of the person.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of section 73 (which is about mistake of fact).