Breaching an Australian launch permit condition

In force

Offence

(1)

A person commits an offence if:

(a)

the person is the holder of an Australian launch permit; and

(b)

the person does an act or omits to do an act; and

(c)

the act or omission contravenes a condition of the permit; and

(d)

the condition is a condition to which the permit is subject under paragraph 30(a), (b), (c) or (d).

Penalty:

(a)

for an individual—imprisonment for 10 years or 5,500 penalty units, or both; or

(b)

for a body corporate—100,000 penalty units.

Civil penalty

(2)

The holder of an Australian launch permit must not contravene a condition of the permit.

Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

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