Reporting and presenting import
21 Reporting and presenting import
If the regulations so require, a person who proposes to import an organism or prescribed potential carrier must, before the organism or prescribed potential carrier is imported, give notice, in accordance with the regulations, of the time and place of entry into the State of the organism or prescribed potential carrier.
A person who —
imports an organism or prescribed potential carrier; and
fails to comply with subsection (1) in respect of the organism or prescribed potential carrier,
commits an offence.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000.
A person who imports an organism or prescribed potential carrier must —
if an import permit has been issued in respect of the organism or prescribed potential carrier or if the regulations so require, present the organism or prescribed potential carrier to an inspector in accordance with the regulations; and
give the inspector any import permit issued in respect of the organism or prescribed potential carrier; and
give the inspector any relevant information the inspector requires about the organism or prescribed potential carrier.
Penalty: a fine of $20 000.
A person who imports an organism or prescribed potential carrier must, if the regulations so require, give an inspector a declaration in accordance with the regulations.
Penalty: a fine of $20 000.
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