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Scrap Metal Industry Act 2016
19Prohibition on carrying on scrap metal business on premises subject to closure order
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19 Prohibition on carrying on scrap metal business on premises subject to closure order
19 Prohibition on carrying on scrap metal business on premises subject to closure order
(1) A person must not, while a closure order is in force with respect to premises, carry on a business of dealing in scrap metal at the premises.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence in proceedings for an offence against this section if the person satisfies the court that the person did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that a closure order was in force with respect to the premises.