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Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Act 2005
71Prohibiting convicted persons from SSDS involvement
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### 71 Prohibiting convicted persons from SSDS involvement
> > (1) In sentencing a person for an offence against this Act, a court may, having regard to the matters referred to in [subsection (2)](#GS71@Gs2@EN) and to such other matters as it thinks fit, and in addition to imposing any other penalty, order that the person be prohibited for a specified period from having any involvement, or a particular involvement, with security-sensitive dangerous substances.
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> > (2) The matters to which the court is to have regard are –
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> > > > (a) the person's record in carrying out restricted activities in relation to security-sensitive dangerous substances; and
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> > > > (b) any prior convictions of the person relating to security-sensitive dangerous substances; and
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> > > > (c) the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence for which the person is being sentenced.
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> > (3) A person who contravenes an order under this section is guilty of an offence.
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> > Penalty: In the case of –
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> > > > (a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units; and
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> > > > (b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months.