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Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980
6BContravening offence and civil penalty provisions
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#### 6B Contravening offence and civil penalty provisions
(1) This section applies if a provision of this Act declares that a person contravening another provision of this Act (the conduct rule provision):
(a) commits an offence; or
(b) is liable for a civil penalty.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, the person is taken to contravene the offence or the civil penalty provision (as the case requires) if the person contravenes the conduct rule provision.