(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person does an act or omits to do an act in relation to a biological; and
(b) the biological is covered by an exemption in force under section 32CB; and
(c) the act or omission results in the breach of a condition of the exemption; and
(d) the act or omission is likely to cause a serious risk to public health.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 2,000 penalty units, or both.
Note: For the liability of an executive officer of a body corporate, see sections 54B and 54BA.
(2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person does an act or omits to do an act in relation to a biological; and
(b) the biological is covered by an exemption in force under section 32CB; and
(c) the act or omission results in the breach of a condition of the exemption.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years or 240 penalty units, or both.
(4) Strict liability applies to paragraph (3)(b).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(5) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person does an act or omits to do an act in relation to a biological; and
(b) the biological is covered by an exemption in force under section 32CB; and
(c) the act or omission results in the breach of a condition of the exemption.
(6) An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .