Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPANTS IN BRITISH NUCLEAR TESTS AND BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (TREATMENT) ACT 2006 - SECT 34

  (1)   A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a notice under section   33.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

  (2)   An offence under subsection   (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

  (3)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the extent that the person is not capable of complying with the notice.

Note:   The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (3) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).