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ANTARCTIC TREATY (ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION) ACT 1980 - SECT 21

Furnishing information

  (1)   A person who does an act mentioned in subsection   (1AA) in accordance with a permit must notify the Minister or an authorised officer, in the prescribed form (or, if no form is prescribed, in a form approved by the Minister), that the person has done the act, as soon as practicable after doing the act.

Penalty:   60 penalty units.

  (1AA)   The acts that must be notified under subsection   (1) are the following:

  (a)   an act that has a result mentioned in paragraph   19(1A)(b);

  (b)   an act mentioned in paragraph   19(1)(b);

  (c)   an act mentioned in paragraph   19(1)(d).

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

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

  (2)   In subsection   (1), authorised officer means a person designated by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette , for the purposes of that subsection.



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