Biosecurity Act 2015

A person contravenes this subsection if:

the person receives, or has in the person’s possession, goods that have been unloaded from an aircraft or vessel in Australian territory; and

any of the following applies in relation to the goods:

the goods were unloaded from the aircraft or vessel in contravention of a direction given under subsection 143(3), 144(3) or (4) or 147(3);

the goods were unloaded from the aircraft or vessel in contravention of subsection 145(1);

a condition imposed under subsection 146(3) or 148(3) in relation to the goods was contravened;

subsection 147(2) was contravened.

Subsection (1) does not apply if the person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that:

the goods were unloaded from the aircraft or vessel in contravention of a direction given under subsection 143(3), 144(3) or (4) or 147(3); or

the goods were unloaded from the aircraft or vessel in contravention of subsection 145(1); or

a condition imposed under subsection 146(3) or 148(3) in relation to the goods was contravened; or

subsection 147(2) was contravened;

A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in this subsection (see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).