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Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994
105Non‑compliance with recall notice
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#### 105 Non‑compliance with recall notice
(1) A person to whom a recall notice is given must not fail to comply with the notice.
(1A) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 120 penalty units.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(2) Subsection (1A) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
> Note: The defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(3) Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision.
> Note: Division 2 of Part 9A provides for pecuniary penalties for contraventions of civil penalty provisions.