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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
196CStrict liability for taking etc. member of listed threatened species or community
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196C Strict liability for taking etc. member of listed threatened species or community
(a) the person takes, trades, keeps or moves a member of a native species or a member of an ecological community; and
(b) the member is a member of a listed threatened species (except a conservation dependent species) or 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.