Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SPACE (LAUNCHES AND RETURNS) ACT 2018 - SECT 15

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person returns a space object to a place or area in Australia; and

  (b)   the return of the object to that place or area is not authorised by an Australian launch permit held by any person; and

  (c)   the return of the object to that place or area is not authorised by a return authorisation held by any person; and

  (d)   no authorisation certificate covering the return is held by any person.

Penalty:

  (a)   for an individual--imprisonment for 10 years or 5,500 penalty units, or both; or

  (b)   for a body corporate--100,000 penalty units.