176Compliance with permanent bans—civil penalties

176 Compliance with permanent bans—civil penalties

Supply (1) A person must not supply equipment of a particular kind to another person if: (a) the other person intends to operate the equipment; and (b) a permanent ban on equipment of that kind is in force.

Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

Offer to supply (2) A person must not offer to supply equipment of a particular kind to another person if: (a) the other person intends to operate the equipment; and (b) a permanent ban on equipment of that kind is in force.

Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

Operation (3) A person must not operate equipment of a particular kind if a permanent ban on equipment of that kind is in force.

Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

Possession (4) A person must not have equipment of a particular kind in the person’s possession if: (a) a permanent ban on equipment of that kind is in force; and (b) the possession is for the purpose of: (i) operating the equipment; or (ii) supplying the equipment to another person who intends to operate the equipment.

Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

(5) If: (a) a person contravenes subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4); and (b) another person suffers loss or damage because of a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of the equipment; the other person is taken, for the purposes of this Division, to have suffered the loss or damage because of the contravention.