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Introducing or supplying declared pest

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Part 2Biosecurity
Division 3Biosecurity within Western Australia

24 Introducing or supplying declared pest

(1)

The regulations or a management plan may provide that a person must not bring into an area of the State from another area of the State —

(a)

an organism that is a declared pest for the first‑mentioned area; or

(b)

an animal, plant or other thing that is infected or infested with an organism that is a declared pest for the first‑mentioned area; or

(c)

a potential carrier of an organism that is —

(i)

a declared pest for the first-mentioned area; and

(ii)

prescribed by the regulations or specified in the management plan.

(2)

A person who contravenes a provision referred to in subsection (1) commits an offence.

Penalty:

(a)

a fine of $20 000; or

(b)

if the contravention is in relation to a declared pest that is a high impact organism, a fine of $100 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

(3)

The regulations or a management plan may provide that a person must not supply to a person in an area of the State —

(a)

an organism that is a declared pest for the area; or

(b)

an animal, plant or other thing that is infected or infested with an organism that is a declared pest for the area; or

(c)

a potential carrier of an organism that is —

(i)

a declared pest for the area; and

(ii)

prescribed by the regulations or specified in the management plan.

(4)

A person who contravenes a provision referred to in subsection (3) commits an offence.

Penalty:

(a)

a fine of $20 000; or

(b)

if the contravention is in relation to a declared pest that is a high impact organism, a fine of $100 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

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