Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

This section applies to proceedings for a civil penalty order against a person for a contravention of any of the following civil penalty provisions:

subsection 76(1);

subsection 78(2);

subsection 79(2);

subsection 80(2);

subsection 81(2);

subsection 82(2);

subsection 82(3);

subsection 83(2);

subsection 84(2);

subsection 85(5);

subsection 97(9);

subsection 97(10);

subsection 185(4);

subsection 191(2);

subsection 192(3);

subsection 193(2);

subsection 194(2);

subsection 214(4);

subsection 214(5);

subsection 215(3).

In the proceedings, it is not necessary to prove:

the person’s intention; or

the person’s knowledge; or

the person’s recklessness; or

the person’s negligence; or

any other state of mind of the person.

Subsection (2) does not affect the operation of section 230.