Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00476:clause:2_243v
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00476
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 243V
Character Range: 48967–49604

243V  False or misleading statements in cargo reports or outturn reports

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) makes to an officer a statement, in a cargo report or an outturn report, that is false or misleading in a material particular; or
 (b) omits from a statement, in a cargo report or an outturn report, made to an officer any matter or thing without which the statement is false or misleading in a material particular.

 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

 (3) The penalty for a conviction for an offence against subsection (1) is an amount not exceeding 50 penalty units.