Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK ACT 1975 - SECT 38DC

  (1)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the Authority or another body gives the person an order or direction under the regulations; and

  (b)   the order or direction is of a kind declared by the regulations to be an order or direction to which this section applies; and

  (c)   the person engages in conduct; and

  (d)   the conduct contravenes the order or direction.

Penalty:   500 penalty units.

  (2)   Absolute liability applies to paragraphs   (1)(a) and (b).

Note:   For absolute liability, see section   6.2 of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   The fault element for paragraph   (1)(d) is negligence.

Note:   For negligence, see section   5.5 of the Criminal Code .