Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsBringing live animals into the Antarctic as food
(1) A person must not bring a live animal into the Antarctic for use as food.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Controls to ensure organisms brought into Antarctic as food do not escape
(2) If a person brings an organism into the Antarctic for use as food, the person must put controls in place that ensure that the organism does not escape into the Antarctic environment.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Poultry and food products derived from poultry
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person brings poultry or any other bird product that is to be used as food into the Antarctic; and
(b) the poultry or other bird product is contaminated with disease.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person has taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that disease is not brought into the Antarctic by the conduct mentioned in paragraph (3)(a).