CTHIn ForceAct
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
196AStrict liability for killing or injuring member of listed threatened species or community
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 196A
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
196A Strict liability for killing or injuring member of listed threatened species or community
(b) the action results in the death or injury of a member of a native species or a member of an ecological community; and
(c) the member is a member of a listed threatened species (except a conservation dependent species) or of a listed threatened ecological community; and
Note 2: This section does not apply in the circumstances described in section 197. A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to those circumstances. See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.