Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person takes an action; and
(b) the action results in the death or injury of a cetacean; and
(c) the cetacean is in:
(i) the Australian Whale Sanctuary (but not the coastal waters, or a part of the coastal waters, of a State or the Northern Territory for which a declaration under section 228 is in force); or
(ii) waters beyond the outer limits of the Australian Whale Sanctuary.
Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
Note 2: This section does not apply in the circumstances described in section 231. A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to those circumstances. See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
(2) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c).
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) The offence is punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.