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121Notice of goods to be unloaded in Australian territory—requirement to give additional or corrected information
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121 Notice of goods to be unloaded in Australian territory—requirement to give additional or corrected information
(a) a person gives a notice in relation to goods under section 120; and
(b) after giving the notice, the person becomes aware that the information included in the notice was incomplete or incorrect;
the person must as soon as practicable give a biosecurity officer the additional or corrected information, to the extent that it is relevant to assessing the level of biosecurity risk associated with the goods.
Note 1: A person may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the person provides false or misleading information or documents (see sections 137.1 and 137.2 of the Criminal Code and sections 532 and 533 of this Act).
Note 2: The obligation in this subsection applies whether or not the person is in Australian territory when the person becomes aware that the information included in a notice given under section 120 was incomplete or incorrect (see subsection (5) of this section).
Note 3: See also Division 8 which deals with reporting biosecurity incidents.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (2).
(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (2).
(5) Subsections (2), (3) and (4) apply whether or not the person is in Australian territory when the person is required to give the information.