Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person engages in conduct; and
(b) the conduct:
(i) results in damage to, destruction of, or interference with, premises at which dealings with GMOs are being undertaken; or
(ii) involves damaging, destroying, or interfering with, a thing at, or removing a thing from, such premises; and
(c) the owner or occupier of the premises, or the owner of the thing (as the case requires), has not consented to the conduct; and
(d) in engaging in the conduct, the person intends to prevent or hinder authorised GMO dealings that are being undertaken at the premises or facility; and
(e) the person knows, or is reckless as to, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c).
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(2) In this section:
"authorised GMO dealings" , in relation to premises or a facility, means dealings with GMOs being undertaken at the premises or facility:
(a) that are authorised to be undertaken at the premises or facility by a GMO licence; or
(aa) that are specified in an emergency dealing determination and are not prohibited from being undertaken at the premises or facility by a condition of the determination; or
(b) that are notifiable low risk dealings; or
(c) that are exempt dealings; or
(d) that are dealings included on the GMO Register.