Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00648:section:18gn
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00648
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18GN
Character Range: 70674–71688

18GN  Sale or supply of measuring instrument marked by someone not permitted to do so

Offence requiring fault element
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person sells or otherwise supplies a measuring instrument for use for trade, or uses a measuring instrument for trade; and
 (b) the measuring instrument is marked with a verification mark; and
 (c) the person who marked the measuring instrument with the verification mark was not permitted to do so.
Penalty: 200 penalty units.

Strict liability offence
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person sells or otherwise supplies a measuring instrument for use for trade, or uses a measuring instrument for trade; and
 (b) the measuring instrument is marked with a verification mark; and
 (c) the person who marked the measuring instrument with the verification mark was not permitted to do so.
Penalty: 40 penalty units.
 (3) Subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.