Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00507:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00507
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 15949–17142

17  Processing raw logs
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person processes a raw log into something other than a raw log; and
 (b) the person is a constitutional corporation, or the person processes the raw log:
 (i) in the course of, or for the purposes of, trade and commerce with other countries, or among the States or between a State and a Territory; or
 (ii) in a Territory; or
 (iii) on behalf of a constitutional corporation; or
 (iv) for the purposes of supplying timber products to a constitutional corporation; or
 (v) on behalf of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
 (vi) for the purposes of supplying timber products to the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; and
 (c) the person does not comply with the due diligence requirements for processing the raw logs; and
 (d) the raw log is not of a kind prescribed as exempt by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
Penalty: 300 penalty units.

Exception—imported raw logs
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the raw log was imported into Australia.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).