Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) To avoid doubt, a person is not criminally responsible for a licence offence in respect of particular conduct if:
(a) the conduct by the person is purportedly authorised by a provision of a general licence or a mitochondrial donation licence; and
(b) the licence or the provision is invalid, whether because of a technical defect or irregularity or for any other reason; and
(c) the person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, of the invalidity of the licence or the provision.
(2) In this section:
"general licence" includes a purported general licence.
"licence offence" means:
(a) for a general licence--an offence against section 22, 23, 23A or 23B; or
(b) for a mitochondrial donation licence--an offence against section 12, 13 or 15, subsection 20(3), or section 22 or 23.
"mitochondrial donation licence" includes a purported mitochondrial donation licence.