Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00084:clause:1_13
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00084
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 13
Character Range: 12434–14129

13  Customs declaration

Fault‑based offence
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person imports a thing; and
 (b) the thing is a regulated timber product; and
 (c) the person does not make a declaration to the Customs Minister, in the manner and form prescribed by the rules, about the person's compliance with the due diligence requirements for importing the regulated timber product; and
 (d) the regulated timber product is not prescribed as exempt by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.

Strict liability offence
 (2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:
 (a) the person imports a thing; and
 (b) the thing is a regulated timber product; and
 (c) the person does not make a declaration to the Customs Minister, in the manner and form prescribed by the rules, about the person's compliance with the due diligence requirements for importing the regulated timber product; and
 (d) the regulated timber product is not prescribed as exempt by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.

Civil penalty provision
 (3) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the person imports a thing; and
 (b) the thing is a regulated timber product; and
 (c) the person does not make a declaration to the Customs Minister, in the manner and form prescribed by the rules, about the person's compliance with the due diligence requirements for importing the regulated timber product; and
 (d) the regulated timber product is not prescribed as exempt by the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.
Civil penalty: 100 penalty units.

Subdivision B—Due diligence requirements for importing regulated timber products