Criminal Code Act. Australia
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Название: Criminal Code Act

Автор: Australia

Издательство: Проспект

Жанр: Юриспруденция, право

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isbn: 9785392081615

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      (b) the substance is a plastic explosive; and

      (c) the plastic explosive breaches a marking requirement; and

      (d) the import or export is not authorised under section 72.18, 72.19, 72.20, 72.22 or 72.23.

      Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

      (2) The fault element for paragraph (1)(b) is recklessness.

      (3) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(c) and (d).

      Note 1: For the marking requirements, see section 72.33.

      Note 2: For defences, see section 72.16.

      72.14 Manufacturing unmarked plastic explosives etc.

      (1) A person commits an offence if:

      (a) the person:

      (i) engages in the manufacture of a substance; or

      (ii) exercises control or direction over the manufacture of a substance; and

      (b) the substance is a plastic explosive; and

      (c) the plastic explosive breaches the first marking requirement; and

      (d) the manufacture is not authorised under section 72.18 or 72.21.

      Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

      (2) The fault element for paragraph (1)(b) is recklessness.

      (3) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(c) and (d).

      Note 1: For the marking requirements, see section 72.33.

      Note 2: For defences, see section 72.16.

      72.15 Possessing unmarked plastic explosives etc.

      (1) A person commits an offence if:

      (a) the person possesses a substance; and

      (b) the substance is a plastic explosive; and

      (c) the plastic explosive breaches a marking requirement; and

      (d) the possession is not authorised under section 72.18, 72.19, 72.20, 72.21, 72.22 or 72.23.

      Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

      (2) The fault element for paragraph (1)(b) is recklessness.

      (3) Strict liability applies to paragraphs (1)(c) and (d).

      Note 1: For the marking requirements, see section 72.33.

      Note 2: For defences, see section 72.16.

      72.16 Defences

      (1) If:

      (a) a person is charged with an offence against section 72.12, 72.13, 72.14 or 72.15; and

      (b) the prosecution alleges that the plastic explosive breached a particular marking requirement;

      it is a defence if the defendant proves that he or she had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that the plastic explosive breached that marking requirement.

      Note 1: A defendant bears a legal burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1) (see section 13.4).

      Note 2: For the marking requirements, see section 72.33.

      (2) If:

      (a) a person is charged with an offence against section 72.12, 72.13 or 72.15; and

      (b) the prosecution alleges that the plastic explosive breached the second marking requirement;

      it is a defence if the defendant proves that, at the time of the alleged offence:

      (c) the plastic explosive contained a detection agent; and

      (d) the concentration of the detection agent in the plastic explosive was not less than the minimum manufacture concentration for the detection agent; and

      (e) the detection agent was homogenously distributed throughout the plastic explosive.

      Note 1: A defendant bears a legal burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see section 13.4).

      Note 2: For the marking requirements, see section 72.33.

      Note 3: For minimum manufacture concentration, see section 72.34.

      72.17 Packaging requirements for plastic explosives

      (1) A person commits an offence if:

      (a) the person manufactures a substance; and

      (b) the substance is a plastic explosive; and

      (c) within 24 hours after the manufacture of the plastic explosive, the person does not cause the plastic explosive to be contained, enclosed or packaged in a wrapper with:

      (i) the expression “PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE” (in upper-case lettering); and

      (ii) the date of manufacture of the plastic explosive; and

      (iii) if the plastic explosive is of a prescribed type — that type; and

      (iv) if the plastic explosive contains a detection agent for the purpose of meeting the first marking requirement — the name of the detection agent; and

      (v) if the plastic explosive contains a detection agent for the purpose of meeting the first marking requirement — the concentration of the detection agent in the plastic explosive at the time of manufacture, expressed as a percentage by mass;

      legibly displayed on the outer surface of the wrapper.

      Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

      (2) The fault element for paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) is recklessness.

      72.18 Authorisation for research etc.

      Authorisation

      (1) A responsible Minister may, by writing, authorise:

      (a) the trafficking in; or

      (b) the import, export, manufacture or possession of;

      an unmarked plastic explosive.

      (2) A responsible Minister must not give an authorisation under subsection (1) in relation to an unmarked plastic explosive unless the responsible Minister is satisfied that:

      (a) the plastic explosive is for use exclusively for one or more of the following:

      (i) research, development or testing of new or modified explosives;

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