Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000 - SECT 36

  (1)   A person commits an offence if the person:

  (a)   deals with a GMO, knowing that it is a GMO; and

  (b)   the dealing is on the GMO Register; and

  (c)   the dealing contravenes a condition relating to the dealing that is specified in the GMO Register.

Maximum penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

  (2)   Strict liability applies to paragraphs   (1)(b) and (c).