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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 188

False biosecurity certificates

188 False biosecurity certificates

(1) A person who issues, or purports to issue, a biosecurity certificate or purported biosecurity certificate is guilty of an offence if the certificate is false or misleading in a material particular.
(2) A person who alters or amends a biosecurity certificate, or purported biosecurity certificate, is guilty of an offence if the alteration or amendment makes the certificate false or misleading in a material particular.
(3) A certificate is false or misleading in a material particular if it--
(a) includes information that is false or misleading in a material particular, or
(b) omits material information.
(4) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a category 1 offence if the offence is committed intentionally or recklessly.
(5) In any other case, an offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a category 2 offence.
(6) A category 1 offence or category 2 offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an executive liability offence.
(7) In this section--

"biosecurity certificate" includes an interstate biosecurity certificate.



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