Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION ACT 2020 - SECT 59

Export licence that is not suspended

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is the holder of an export licence; and

  (b)   the licence is not suspended wholly or in part under Part   7; and

  (c)   a condition of the licence is contravened.

Fault - based offence

  (2)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.

Civil penalty provision

  (3)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (1).

Civil penalty:   600 penalty units.

Export licence that is suspended

  (4)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   the person is the holder of an export licence; and

  (b)   the licence is suspended wholly or in part under Part   7; and

  (c)   a condition of the licence is contravened; and

  (d)   the condition is required to be complied with during the period of the suspension.

Fault - based offence

  (5)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection   (4).

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.

  (6)   For the purposes of subsection   (5), strict liability applies to paragraph   (4)(d).

Civil penalty provision

  (7)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (4).

Civil penalty:   600 penalty units.