Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585:clause:1_70c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 70C
Character Range: 169083–170100

70C  Offences in relation to goods or vessel

False or misleading statement

 (1) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person makes a statement to a quarantine officer in respect of goods; and
 (b) the person knows that the statement is false or misleading in a material particular.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

Concealment of condition of vessel or nature of goods

 (2) A person is guilty of an offence if the person conceals from a quarantine officer the condition of a vessel or the nature of any goods, or any fact or matter relating to the condition of a vessel or the nature of any goods.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

Possession or conveyance of illegally imported goods

 (3) A person is guilty of an offence if:
 (a) the person has in his or her possession, or conveys, any goods; and
 (b) the goods have been imported, introduced or otherwise brought into Australia or the Cocos Islands in contravention of this Act.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.