Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562:section:24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 24
Character Range: 59859–61012

24  Special provisions for carriers
 (1) Subsection 23(1) does not apply to the possession by a person of nuclear material or an associated item if:
 (a) the person is in possession of the material or item solely in the capacity of a carrier for the purpose of transporting the material or item on behalf of another person; and
 (b) the material or item is of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of this subsection.
 (2) Where it appears that:
 (a)  a person (in this section referred to as the carrier) was in possession of nuclear material or an associated item solely in the capacity of a carrier for the purpose of transporting the material or item on behalf of another person; and
 (b) the carrier did not, at the time of the possession, hold a permit under section 13 or 16 that authorised the carrier to possess the material or item, as the case may be;
the carrier does not commit an offence against section 23 by reason of possessing the material or item without such a permit unless it is proved that the carrier knew, at that time, that the material or item was nuclear material or an associated item, as the case requires.