New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 187

187 Provision of false or misleading information to biosecurity certifier

(1) A person who, in connection with obtaining or the issue of a biosecurity certificate, furnishes any information to a biosecurity certifier that is false or misleading in a material particular, or fails to furnish any material information, is guilty of an offence.

(2) An offence against this section is a category 1 offence if the offence is committed intentionally or recklessly.

(3) In any other case, the offence is a category 2 offence.

(4) A category 1 offence or category 2 offence against this section is an executive liability offence.

(5) In this section--

"biosecurity certifier" includes an identified individual with respect to the issuing of biosecurity certificates by a biosecurity certifier.