Interference with dealings with GMOs
192A Interference with dealings with GMOs
A person commits an offence if:
the person engages in conduct; and
the conduct:
results in damage to, destruction of, or interference with, premises at which dealings with GMOs are being undertaken; or
involves damaging, destroying, or interfering with, a thing at, or removing a thing from, such premises; and
the owner or occupier of the premises, or the owner of the thing (as the case requires), has not consented to the conduct; and
in engaging in the conduct, the person intends to prevent or hinder authorised GMO dealings that are being undertaken at the premises or facility; and
the person knows, or is reckless as to, the matters mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c).
Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units.
Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
In this section:
authorised GMO dealings, in relation to premises or a facility, means dealings with GMOs being undertaken at the premises or facility:
that are authorised to be undertaken at the premises or facility by a GMO licence; or
that are specified in an emergency dealing determination and are not prohibited from being undertaken at the premises or facility by a condition of the determination; or
that are notifiable low risk dealings; or
that are exempt dealings; or
that are dealings included on the GMO Register.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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