Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL CODE) REGULATIONS 2002 (NO. 1) 2002 NO. 8 - SCHEDULE 3

(regulation 5)

[1] Regulation 1

substitute

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1993 .

[2] After subregulation 5 (2), including the penalty

insert

(3)

An offence under subregulation (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note   1
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
Note 2
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to whether or not he or she had a reasonable excuse (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code ).