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SPACE ACTIVITIES ACT 1998 No. 123, 1998 - SECT 44
Offences relating to returns
(1) If a person returns a space object purportedly in accordance with an
authorisation of the kind mentioned in section 43 and:
(a) the return is
conducted in a way that is likely to cause substantial harm to public health
or public safety or to cause substantial damage to property; or
(b) the space object is or contains a nuclear weapon or a weapon of mass
destruction of any other kind; or
(c) the space object contains any fissionable material and the Minister's
written approval for this has not first been obtained; or
(d) the insurance/financial requirements in Division 7 are not satisfied
for the return;
the person is guilty of an offence punishable on
conviction by:
(e) in the case of a body corporate--a fine not
exceeding 100,000 penalty units; or
(f) in the case of an individual--imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10
years, or a fine not exceeding 600 penalty units, or both.
(2) The Minister may take civil proceedings under Part 6 against a person who
is alleged to have committed an offence against subsection (1), as an
alternative to prosecution.
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