Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00137:clause:1_18gn
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00137
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 18GN
Character Range: 28273–29296

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.