Commonwealth Numbered Acts

QUARANTIME AMENDMENT ACT 1984 No. 19, 1984 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1
Section 27
AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PENALTIES
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Provision                 Amendment

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Sub-section 12A (2) .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for a period not

exceeding 5 years'', substitute ''$100,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 15 (1)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$5,000; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$25,000.''.

Sub-section 15A (2) .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 5 years'', substitute ''$20,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 16 (1)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$10,000 or
imprisonment for 5 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$50,000.''.

Sub-section 20 (1)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Sub-section 20 (2)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Section 20A . . . . .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Sub-section 20B (2) .     Omit ''punishable upon conviction by a fine not
exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 5 years''.

Sub-section 20B (3) .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof.


Sub-section 20B (5) .     Omit ''punishable upon conviction by a fine not
exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 5 years''.

Section 20B . . . . .     Add at the foot thereof the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$20,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$100,000.
''.

Sub-section 21 (1)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 21 (2)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 22 (1)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof.


Sub-section 22 (2)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof.


Section 22  . . . . .     Add at the foot thereof the following penalty:
''Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both.''.

Sub-section 24 (1)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 24 (2)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Section 25  . . . . .     Insert '', or both'' after ''2 years''.


Section 25A . . . . .     Insert '', or both'' after ''2 years''.


Sub-section 26 (1)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Section 26A . . . . .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Section 27  . . . . .     Insert '', or both'' after ''2 years''.


Sub-section 28 (1)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 28 (1A) .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 28 (4)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 2 years'', substitute ''$10,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 29 (1)  .     Omit the sub-section, substitute the following
sub-sections:
''(1) Except as prescribed, the master of a vessel
subject to quarantine shall not quit, or knowingly
permit any person to quit, his vessel or knowingly
permit any goods to be removed from his vessel.
Penalty: $20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years, or
both.
''(1A) Where-

   (a)  a person on board a vessel subject to
quarantine quits the vessel otherwise than in a
prescribed manner; or

   (b)  goods on board such a vessel are removed from
the vessel otherwisethan in a prescribed manner,
and the master of the vessel was negligent in
permitting that person to quit, or those goods to be
removed from, the vessel in that manner, the
masteris guilty of an offence punishable on
conviction by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years, or
both.''.

Sub-section 30 (1)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 32 (2)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Sub-section 35A (3) .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 35A (4) .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 35A (5) .     (a)  Omit ''or negligently''.
   (b)  Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Section 35A . . . . .     After sub-section 35A (5), insert the following
sub-section:
''(5A) When a quarantine officer has given a
certificate in pursuance of sub-section (1), the
master of the vessel shall not negligently allow any
person suffering from, or suspected to be suffering
from, the disease, or who has been exposed to
infection from the disease, to quit the vessel.
Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both.''.

Sub-section 36 (1)  .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years'',
substitute ''$50,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.
Sub-section 36 (2)  .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years'',

substitute ''$50,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Sub-section 36 (3)  .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years'',
substitute ''$50,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Sub-section 38 (1)  .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 38 (1A) .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 40 (1)  .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years'',
substitute ''$50,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Section 43  . . . . .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years'',
substitute ''$50,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Sub-section 44 (1)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$50,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$200,000.
''.

Sub-section 44 (2)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$50,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$200,000.
''.

Section 44A . . . . .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute thefollowing penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$20,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$100,000.
''.

Sub-section 44B (1) .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$20,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$100,000.
''.

Sub-section 45 (3A) .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Section 49  . . . . .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 50 (1)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$20,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$100,000.
''.

Section 51  . . . . .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 67 (1)  .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$50,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$200,000.
''.

Sub-section 67 (1A) .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$50,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$200,000.
''.

Section 67A . . . . .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute thefollowing penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$20,000 or
imprisonment for 10 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$100,000.
''.

 Sub-section 69A (12)     Omit ''$5,000'', substitute ''$10,000 or
imprisonment for 5 years, or both''.

Sub-section 70 (2)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment
for 2 years, or both''.

 Sub-section 70AA (3)     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment
for 2 years, or both''.

Sub-section 70A (3) .     Omit the sub-section, substitute the following
sub-sections:
''(3) A person shall not, without reasonable
excuse, refuse or fail to answer a question put to
him under sub-section (2).
Penalty: $5,000.
''(3A) A person shall not, in answer to a question
put to him undersub-section (2),make a statement
that is, to his knowledge, false or misleading ina
material particular.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both.''.

Sub-section 70C (1) .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof.


Section 70C . . . . .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot of sub-section
(2) , addat the foot of the section the following
penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$5,000 or
imprisonment for 2 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$25,000.''.

Sub-section 70D (3) .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$5,000 or
imprisonment for 2 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$25,000.''.

Sub-section 71 (1)  .     Omit ''$200'', substitute ''$1,000''.


Sub-section 72 (2)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 72 (3)  .     Omit ''$1,000'', substitute ''$2,000''.


Sub-section 72 (4)  .     Omit ''$1,000'', substitute ''$2,000''.


Sub-section 72 (5)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 72 (6)  .     Omit ''$1,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 73 (1)  .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 73 (2)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 73 (3)  .     Omit''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000 or imprisonment
for 2 years, or both''.

Sub-section 74 (2)  .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Section 74AA  . . . .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Section 74C . . . . .     Omit ''Penalty: $2,000'' (wherever occurring), add
at the foot thereof the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$5,000 or
imprisonment for 2 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$25,000.''.

Sub-section 74D (2) .     Omit the penalty set out at the foot thereof,
substitute the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$10,000 or
imprisonment for 5 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$50,000.''.

Sub-section 74E (1) .     Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.


Sub-section 75 (1)  .     Omit ''1,000'', substitute ''$2,000''.


Sub-section 75A (6) .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 5 years'', substitute ''$20,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 76 (1)  .     Omit ''$2,000 or imprisonment for one year'',
substitute $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both''.

Section 77  . . . . .     Add at the end of the penalty set out at the foot
thereof '',or both''.

Section 78  . . . . .     Omit ''$10,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 5 years'', substitute ''$50,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or
both''.

Section 78A . . . . .     Omit ''Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years''
(wherever occurring), add at the foot thereof the
following penalty:
''Penalty: $20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both.''.

Section 78B . . . . .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years'',
substitute ''$20,000 or imprisonment for 10 years,
or both''.

Section 80  . . . . .     Omit ''2'', substitute ''5''.


 Paragraph 81 (1) (c)     Omit ''or'' (last occurring).


 Paragraph 81 (1) (d)     Omit the paragraph.


Sub-section 81 (1)  .     Add at the foot thereof the following penalty:
''Penalty-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$10,000 or
imprisonment for 5 years, or both; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$50,000.''.

Sub-section 81 (2)  .     Omit the sub-section, substitute the following
sub-section:
''(2) A person who assaults or by force molests,
obstructs or intimidates an officer in the
performance of his duty is guilty of an offence
against this Act punishable, on conviction, by a
fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a
period not exceeding 5 years, or both.''.

Section 82  . . . . .     Add at the end thereof '', or both''.


Section 83  . . . . .     Omit ''$5,000 or imprisonment for a period not
exceeding 2 years'', substitute ''$10,000 or
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years, or
both''.

Sub-section 85 (4)  .     (a)  Omit ''$2,000'', substitute ''$5,000''.
   (b)  Omit ''one year'', substitute ''2 years''.
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