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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 117

Defence to contravention

117 Defence to contravention

(1) In proceedings in which a person is charged with an offence of contravening a requirement made of the person by an authorised officer exercising a function conferred by this Part, it is a defence to the prosecution of the offence if the person charged proves that the person had a reasonable excuse for the contravention concerned.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a requirement made under Division 2.
(3) A requirement made under Division 2 does not affect the privilege against self-incrimination as it applies to a natural person, except where the authorised officer makes the requirement in the case of an emergency.
Note : See section 97.



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