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Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
74Infringement offences
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#### 74 Infringement offences
(1) A person must not, in relation to propagating material of a plant variety in which PBR has been granted, do any of the acts referred to in a paragraph of section 11 if such an act would, under section 53, infringe the PBR in the variety.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
(1A) In subsection (1), strict liability applies to the physical element of circumstance, that the infringement of the PBR would be under section 53.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(2) The fact that an action for infringement has been brought against a person under section 54 in respect of a particular act does not prevent a prosecution under this section in respect of the same act.