49Licensing requirement—scheduled activities (not premises-based)

49 Licensing requirement—scheduled activities (not premises-based)

49 Licensing requirement—scheduled activities (not premises-based)

(1) Application of section This section applies to scheduled activities where Schedule 1 indicates that a licence is required to carry on the activity, but not for the premises at which the activity is carried on.

(2) Offence A person who carries on any such scheduled activity is guilty of an offence, unless the person is, at the time that activity is carried on, the holder of a licence that authorises that activity to be carried on.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of a corporation—$2,000,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty of $240,000 for each day the offence continues, or

(b) in the case of an individual—$500,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further penalty of $120,000 for each day the offence continues.

Note.

An offence against subsection (2) committed by a corporation is an offence attracting special executive liability for a director or other person involved in the management of the corporation—see section 169.

(3) Exception A person engaged in carrying on an activity by the holder of a licence that authorises that activity is not required to hold a licence for that activity.

s 49: Am 2005 No 96, Sch 1 [8]; 2012 No 97, Sch 1.34 [3]; 2024 No 20, Sch 9[5]–[8].