Industry, Science and Resources Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (140 of 2001)

Schedule 1   Amendment of Acts

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

105   After subsection 82(1)

Insert:

(1A) For the purposes of an offence against paragraph (1)(c), strict liability applies to the physical element of the offence, that the instrument is an instrument of the kind referred to in paragraph 81(4)(b).

Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of theCriminal Code.


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