Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00445:section:14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00445
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 14
Character Range: 17459–19584

14  Notice prohibiting supply or export of goods or provision of services
 (1) If the Minister:
 (a) has reason to believe or suspect that:
 (i) if a person were to supply particular goods to another person or to export particular non‑regulated goods to a particular place, the goods would or might be used in a WMD program; or
 (ii) if a person were to provide particular services to another person, the provision of the services would or might assist a WMD program; and
 (b) the Minister considers that a permit could not be given under section 13 in respect of such a supply or export of goods or the provision of such services, as the case may be;
the Minister may give the person in accordance with the regulations a notice under subsection (2).
 (2) The notice may:
 (a) prohibit the person from supplying the goods to the other person or exporting the goods to the place concerned, or from providing the services to the other person, as the case requires; or
 (b) prohibit the person from so supplying or exporting the goods, or so providing the services, unless conditions stated in the notice are complied with.
 (3) The Minister may revoke, in accordance with the regulations, a notice given under subsection (1).
 (4) A notice given to a person under subsection (1) remains in force for a period of 12 months beginning on the day when the notice is given to the person, unless the notice is revoked before the end of that period.
 (5) The Minister may, in relation to the supply or export of goods, or the provision of services, give a notice to a person under subsection (1) that is to take effect at the time when a previous notice given to the person under that subsection in relation to the supply or export of those goods, or the provision of those services, as the case may be, ceases to be in force.
 (6) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person supplies or exports goods or provides services; and
 (b) that conduct is in contravention of a notice, or of a condition stated in a notice, in force under this section; and
 (c) the person knows of the contravention.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 8 years.