Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PEST PLANTS AND ANIMALS ACT 2005 (NO. 21 OF 2005) - SECT 12

A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person supplies something to someone else; and

        (b)     the thing supplied is—

              (i)     a prohibited pest plant; or

              (ii)     contaminated by a prohibited pest plant; and

        (c)     the person is reckless about whether the thing supplied is—

              (i)     a prohibited pest plant; or

              (ii)     contaminated by a prohibited pest plant; and

        (d)     is reckless about whether the supply would result or would be likely to result in the spread of prohibited pest plants of that kind.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

Example of thing contaminated by a prohibited pest plant

an agricultural, horticultural or aquacultural product that contains a prohibited pest plant

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).