New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 75

75 Offence of contravening control order

(1) A person who contravenes a control order 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 control order--

(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 control order is revoked.

(6) A person does not commit an offence against this section of contravening a control order unless--

(a) the order was published on the website of the Department or in the Gazette, or

(b) the person was served with a copy of the order.