Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person is guilty of an offence against this section if, otherwise than in accordance with a permit, the person:
(a) loads controlled material on a vessel, aircraft or platform in Australia or Australian waters:
(i) knowing that it will be dumped into the sea or incinerated at sea; or
(ii) reckless as to whether it will be dumped into the sea or incinerated at sea; or
(b) loads controlled material on any Australian vessel or Australian aircraft:
(i) knowing that it will be dumped into the sea or incinerated at sea; or
(ii) reckless as to whether it will be dumped into the sea or incinerated at sea.
(2) An offence against this section is punishable, on conviction, as follows:
(a) if it is proved that any of the offending material is seriously harmful material--imprisonment for up to 10 years or a fine up to 2,000 penalty units, or both;
(b) if it is proved that any of the offending material is not within Annex 1 to the Protocol--imprisonment for up to 2 years or a fine up to 500 penalty units, or both;
(c) in any other case--imprisonment for up to 1 year or a fine up to 250 penalty units, or both.
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