Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459:clause:1_425
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00459
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 425
Character Range: 248998–249640

425  After subsection 229D(2)
Insert:

Treating unlawfully imported cetaceans

 (2A) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person treats a cetacean; and
 (b) the cetacean has been unlawfully imported.

Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

Note 2: Subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 lets a court fine a body corporate up to 5 times the maximum amount the court could fine a person under this subsection.

 (2B) An offence against subsection (2A) is punishable on conviction by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine not exceeding 1,000 penalty units, or both.