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CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 29 Making notifications required under section 28

CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 29

Making notifications required under section 28

  (1)   A person must notify a facility referred to in section   28 to the Minister, in the circumstances required by that section, by giving the Controller notice in the approved form relating to that facility containing such information as is required by the form.

  (2)   A notification must be given by such day as is prescribed.

  (3)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person refuses or fails to do an act; and

  (b)   the refusal or failure causes a contravention of subsection   ( 1) or (2).

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 1 year.

  (3A)   Subsection   ( 3) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Note:   The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   ( 3A). See subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .