Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00131:clause:1_390sb
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00131
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 390SB
Character Range: 1893–2791

390SB  Offence—declared commercial fishing activities
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person takes an action; and
 (b) the action is taken in a Commonwealth marine area; and
 (c) the action is a declared commercial fishing activity.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 7 years or 420 penalty units, or both.
Note 1: If a body corporate is found to have committed an offence against this section, an executive officer of the body may be found to have committed an offence against section 495.
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.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Division 2—Declaring a commercial fishing activity

Subdivision A—What is a declared commercial fishing activity?