Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The person in charge of the aircraft or vessel must not allow the goods to be unloaded from the aircraft or vessel at a landing place or port that is not a first point of entry for those goods, unless permission has been given under subsection 146(2) for the goods to be unloaded at that landing place or port.
Fault - based offence
(2) The person in charge of an aircraft or vessel commits an offence if:
(a) the person allows goods to be unloaded from the aircraft or vessel at a landing place or port in Australian territory; and
(b) the goods are subject to biosecurity control; and
(c) the landing place or port is not a first point of entry for those goods; and
(d) permission has not been given under subsection 146(2) for the goods to be unloaded at that landing place or port.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.