Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00286:section:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00286
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6
Character Range: 10054–10773

6  Liability to pay passenger movement charge
 (1) Charge in respect of the departure of a person from Australia is payable by the person before the departure.
 (2) Where charge in respect of the departure of a person from Australia is not paid before the departure, the person commits an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit.
 (2A) Subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (3) Where a person is convicted of an offence against subsection (2), the court may, in addition to imposing a penalty under that subsection, order the person to pay to the Commonwealth the amount of charge not paid by the person.