New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 179

179 Offence of contravening condition of biosecurity registration

(1) A registered entity who contravenes a condition of biosecurity registration is guilty of an offence.

(2) An offence against this section is a category 2 offence.

(3) An offence against this section is an executive liability offence.

(4) A person who is guilty of an offence against this section because the person contravenes a requirement of a condition of biosecurity registration to do or refrain from doing something--

(a) continues, until the requirement is complied with and despite the fact that any specified period or time for compliance has expired or passed, to be liable to comply with the requirement, and

(b) is guilty of a continuing offence for each day the contravention continues.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to the extent that a requirement of a condition is revoked.

(6) In this section--

"registered entity" includes a former registered entity.