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GENE TECHNOLOGY (GM CROP MORATORIUM) ACT 2003 - SECT 30
Offences--enforcement
30 Offences--enforcement
(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, neglects or fails to comply with
a requirement made of the person by an inspector under this Act is guilty of
an offence.
(2) A person who furnishes any information or makes a statement
in purported compliance with a requirement made by an inspector under this
Act, knowing that it is false or misleading in a material respect, is guilty
of an offence.
(3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, hinders or
obstructs an inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this
Act is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse,
removes or tampers with anything that has been seized under this Act is guilty
of an offence.
(5) A person who, without reasonable excuse, removes or
tampers with any sample taken under this Act is guilty of an offence.
(6) A
person is not guilty of an offence of failing to comply with a requirement
made by an inspector unless it is established by the prosecutor that the
inspector concerned warned the person that a failure or refusal to comply with
the requirement was an offence.
(7) A person is not guilty of an offence of
hindering or obstructing an inspector in the exercise of the inspector's
powers at any premises unless it is established by the prosecutor that-- (a)
the inspector concerned produced at the relevant time the certificate of
authority issued to the inspector under this Part, and
(b) the person was
informed by the inspector concerned, or otherwise knew, that the inspector was
empowered to exercise the power to which the offence relates.
: Maximum
penalty--10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both.
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