Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:section:229c
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 229C
Character Range: 586496–587470

229C  Strict liability for taking etc. a cetacean
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person takes, trades, keeps, moves or interferes with a cetacean; and
 (b) the cetacean is in:
 (i) the Australian Whale Sanctuary (but not the coastal waters, or a part of the coastal waters, of a State or the Northern Territory for which a declaration under section 228 is in force); or
 (ii) waters beyond the outer limits of the Australian Whale Sanctuary.
Note 1: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
Note 2: This section does not apply in the circumstances described in section 231. A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to those circumstances. See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(a) and (b).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (3) The offence is punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.