Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510:section:51
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00510
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 51
Character Range: 101916–102574

51  Offence—failure to comply with direction to dispose of security‑sensitive biological agent
 (1) An entity commits an offence if:
 (a) the entity is given a direction under subsection 50(2); and
 (b) the entity does not comply with the direction within the period allowed under that subsection.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
Note 1: If the entity is a body corporate, the maximum penalty that may be imposed is 2,500 penalty units: see subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914.
Note 2: For the value of a penalty unit, see subsection 4AA(1) of the Crimes Act 1914.
 (2) Section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to an offence against subsection (1).